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Lt Governor refuses to clear auction of car numbers for now

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Press Trust of India New Delhi

The Transport Department had sent the file to Khanna in August following an approval to the long-pending proposal by the Delhi cabinet.

"We will now seek suggestions and objections from the stakeholders to the new policy," said a senior official of Transport Department.

As per the proposal, fancy registration numbers will be allotted for four-wheeled private vehicles through auction of available numbers of specified categories on fortnightly basis.

The department had kept a reserve price of Rs 5 lakh as minimum fee for first category of VIP number with 0001 in each series.

The reserved fees for other single digit number from 0002 to 0009 has been fixed at Rs 3 lakh, while third category of double digit numbers like 0010 to 0099 has been be priced at Rs 2 lakh. The minimum price for registration numbers such as 0786, 1000, 1111, 7777 and 9999 has also been priced at Rs 2 lakh.

 

Numbers such as 0100, 0111, 0200, 0222, 0300, 0333 and similar numbers upto 0999 will cost Rs one lakh. Similarly, numbers like 2000, 8000 and 8888, 9000, 0101, 0108, 1008 and 1313 will also cost Rs one lakh MRP of Rs.1 lakh.

Other fancy numbers may be obtained at a cost of Rs 20,000.

The policy has been framed to overcome the "irregularities" in the current system and ensure transparency.

Money collected through issuing fancy numbers will be transferred to Chief Minister's Relief Fund for giving various grants to needy persons.

  

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First Published: Oct 02 2012 | 6:45 PM IST

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