The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has issued draft notification, seeking public comments regarding the mandatory fitness of vehicles only through an Automated Testing Station (ATS).
The draft rules shall be taken into consideration after the expiry of thirty days from the date on which the copies of this notification, as published in the Official Gazette, are made available to the public.
As per the notification, Fitness shall be done mandatorily, only through an Automated Testing Station registered in accordance with the rule 175 for recognition, regulation and control of automated testing station as under –
i. For Heavy Goods Vehicles/Heavy Passenger Motor Vehicles with effect from April 1, 2023 onwards.
ii. For Medium Goods Vehicles/Medium Passenger Motor Vehicles and Light Motor vehicles (Transport) with effect from June 1, 2024 onwards.
Objections and suggestions to these draft rules, if any, may be sent to the Joint Secretary (Transport), email: comments-morth@gov.in, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Transport Bhawan, Parliament Street, New Delhi-110 001.