The Government of Maharashtra has published the draft of Maharashtra Motor Vehicles (1st Amendment) Rules, 2020 (“Draft Rules”) to propose further amendments to the Maharashtra Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 (“Principal Rules”).
Objections or suggestions have been invited with respect to the Draft Rules. Such objections and suggestions (if any) may be addressed to the Transport Commissioner, Maharashtra State, 5th Floor, Telecom Building No. 2, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Fountain, Mumbai 400 001, and sent on or before 13th December, 2020.
| Provision | Principal Rule | Proposed Amendment | Implication |
| Rule 5A | 5A. Additional evidence as to the correctness of address and age.-
In the absence of the documents prescribed under rule 4 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, every applicant for the issue of a driving licence shall produce additional any one or more of the following documents in original or relevant extracts thereof duly attested by a Gazetted Officer of the Central Government or of a State Government or an officer of a local body, who is equivalent in rank of a Gazetted Officer of the Government or Village Administration officer or Municipal Corporation. Councillor or Panchayat President, as additional evidence of his address and age namely – (a) Income Tax PAN Card; (b) Domicile Certificate issued by the Competent Authority; (c) post paid bill of applicant’s mobile telephone; (d) applicant’s telephone bill and if, he has no telephone, then the affidavit sworn by the head of the family, who held the telephone and the applicant has blood relation with him;
Explanation- For the purpose of this rule. blood relation means the relation of patriarchal grandfather and grandmother, father, mother son, daughter, brother, sister, wife, husband and daughter-in-law. |
5A. Additional evidence as to the correctness of address and age.-
In the absence of the documents prescribed under rule 4 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, every applicant for the issue of a driving licence shall produce additional any one or more of the following documents in original or relevant extracts thereof duly attested by a Gazetted Officer of the Central Government or of a State Government or an officer of a local body, who is equivalent in rank of a Gazetted Officer of the Government or Village Administration officer or Municipal Corporation. Councillor or Panchayat President, as additional evidence of his address and age namely – (a) Income Tax PAN Card; (b) Domicile Certificate issued by the Competent Authority; (c) post paid bill of applicant’s mobile telephone; (d) applicant’s telephone bill and if, he has no telephone, then the affidavit sworn by the head of the family, who held the telephone and the applicant has blood relation with him; (e) AADHAR number issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI);
Explanation- For the purpose of this rule. blood relation means the relation of patriarchal grandfather and grandmother, father, mother son, daughter, brother, sister, wife, husband and daughter-in-law. |
The Draft Rules have proposed to introduce the requirement of ‘AADHAR number issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)’ as additional evidence from the applicant (over and above the existing ones), for issue of a driving licence.
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Source: Home Department, Maharashtra
