RTO Office Panipat

Famous as a historic city in Haryana, Panipat is also known as the "Textile City" and the "City of Weavers" in India. This city has two RTOs having HR-06 and HR-67 codes. It issues registration certificates and driving licences that are valid across the country. Panipat RTO regulates all the vehicles on the street and enforces all the traffic rules under Section 213(1) of the Motor Vehicles Act of 1988.

Panipat RTO keeps a comprehensive database of vehicles on the roads and serves several functions to its citizens. These are:

• Providing international driving license
• Issuing and renewing a vehicle RC or registration certificate
• Collecting road taxes
• Issuing and renewing a driving licence in India
• Issuing PUC certificates
• Providing NOC for vehicle ownership transfer
• Issuing tourist and motor vehicle permits in India
• Issuing vehicle fitness certificate

Panipat RTO provides several types of driving licences in India for its residents to drive or ride under the legal supervision of the State Transport Department. These are as follows:

• Light motor vehicle licence over 50cc

• Two-wheeler licence of 50cc or less

• Light motor vehicle licence (non-transport)

• Motorcycle licence (without gears)

• Light Motor Vehicle licence (commercial)

• Heavy passenger vehicle licence

• Heavy trailer licence

• Heavy vehicle driving licence

Panipat RTO caters to 2 types of vehicle registration certificates issued to its citizens. These are:

• Permanent Registration

• Temporary Registration

Once all the regulatory steps of the registration process are complete, the vehicle owners will avail themselves of a unique registration number.

The vehicle registration charges of Panipat RTO include:

• Registration Charges: ₹600

• Number Plate Charges: ₹230 to ₹400

• Parking Fee Charges: ₹2000 to ₹4000

• FasTag Charges: ₹600

• Hypothecation Charges: ₹1500

• Temporary Registration Charges: ₹1200 to ₹1500 (up to 1 month)

Panipat RTO maintains the Haryana Road Taxes based on the several vehicle types and their prices. These include:

• Two-wheelers (less than ₹75000): 4% of the vehicle’s price

• Two-wheelers (above ₹75000 to ₹2 lakhs and above): 6% to 8% of the vehicle’s price

• Four-wheelers (below ₹6 lakhs): 5% of the vehicle’s price

• Four-wheelers (from ₹6 lakhs to ₹20 lakhs and above): 8% to 10% of the vehicle’s price

• Commercial Vehicle (from 4 to 6 seats): ₹600 to ₹625 quarterly

• Commercial Vehicle (from 7 to 12 seats): ₹1450 quarterly

Panipat follows the traffic fines of Haryana for not following the traffic rules. The traffic fines in Panipat are as follows:

• Driving/Riding Without a Licence: ₹5000 

• Driving Without a Registration Certificate: ₹5000 (first offence), ₹10000 (repetition)

• Overtaking Violations: ₹5000 to ₹10000

• Rash Driving: ₹5000 (first offence), ₹10000 (second offence)

• Driving Without a Helmet: ₹1000 

• Blocking Emergency Vehicles: ₹10000 and /or 6 months in prison

• Smoking While Driving: ₹500 to ₹1500

Yes, it is mandatory to have motor insurance. Panipat RTO penalises ₹2000 for not carrying third-party insurance for the first time while a fine of ₹4000 is applicable for the repetition of this same offence according to the road rules of India. Thus, make sure to acquire third-party insurance in Panipat to avoid legal obligations.

According to a recent report of February 2023, a car rammed into a stationary truck leaving Rajeev Chawla dead and chest injuries to his wife on the highway in Ambala Cantt.

Another report suggests, a very popular driver of the Haryana highways in the Haridwar-Panipat route rushed out with his colleague to rescue a man stuck inside a mangled car. That man inside was none other than wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant who plays for the Indian Cricket team.

According to a report from 2 years ago, a road construction company GR Infra Projects Limited conducted a campaign on road safety awareness. The campaign started on the 18th of January and ran until the 17th of February. On the last day of the campaign, an awareness rally was taken out in Sanauli Khurd.