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Date: 2025-10-18 Category: Not Applicable State: Tamil Nadu Country: India

HOME DEPARTMENT (Transport-VI)--Amendments to the Tamil Nadu Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989.

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**Executive Summary** The document is a notification by the Government of Tamil Nadu, specifically the Home Department (Transport-VI), containing amendments to the Tamil Nadu Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989. The amendments pertain to the process and fees associated with reserving vehicle registration numbers, particularly through e-bidding. The notification is dated October 18, 2025. **Key Points / Main Content** * **Amendments to Rule 91:** * Sub-rule (1): After "assign the registration number", insert "through an online process that is in force from time to time". * Sub-rule (3): Replace "thousand" with "two thousand". * Sub-rule (4): Replace "a lot" with "e-bidding". * Sub-rule (5) is replaced with: * (i) E-bidders must pay an entry fee as specified in the Table under rule 132. * (ii) Successful bidders must pay the bidding amount within 48 hours, or the reservation is canceled. * (iii) Reserved numbers must be allotted upon vehicle production within 30 days, or the reservation is canceled and the number is allotted on a daily routine basis. * **Amendments to Rule 132 (THE TABLE, Serial No.1, Clause (b)):** * After item (iv), the following items are inserted: * (v) entry fee for e-bidding; 1000; 91(5)(i). * (vi) bidding amount; In multiples of Rs.500/-; 91(5)(ii). **Impact Analysis** **Stakeholder: Persons desiring advance vehicle registration numbers** * **Impact:** The new amendments outline the new processes of booking a registration number, including e-bidding entry fees, the time constraints for paying for and collecting the reserved number. * **Action Required:** Prospective bidders must pay an entry fee of ₹1000, and successful bidders must pay their amount with 48 hours of booking. Furthermore, registration must take place within 30 days of booking. **Stakeholder: Motor Vehicles Department** * **Impact:** These rules change the way vehicle registration booking is processed, increasing accountability of bidders. * **Action Required:** To ensure numbers are not wasted, the vehicles must be registered and numbers allocated within the time periods detailed.

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Tamil Nadu Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989: The main subject of the notification, which is being amended. Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: Central act empowering the rule amendments. Home Department (Transport-VI): The department responsible for the notification. Chennai: Location of publication of the gazette.
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© [Regd. No. TN/CCN/467/2012-14. GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU [R. Dis. No. 197/2009. 2025 [Price: Re. 0.80 Paise. TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 652] CHENNAI, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2025 Aippasi 1, Visuvaavasu, Thiruvalluvar Aandu–2056 Part III—Section 1(a) General Statutory Rules, Notifications, Orders, Regulations, etc., issued by Secretariat Departments. NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT HOME DEPARTMENT (Transport-VI) AMENDMENTS TO THE TAMIL NADU MOTOR VEHICLES RULES, 1989 [G.O. Ms. No. 538, Home (Transport-VI), 18th October 2025, ஐப்பசி 1, விசுவாாவாசு, திருவாள்ளுவார் ஆண்டு-2056.] No. SRO A-26(c)/2025. In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (k) of sub-section (2) of section 65 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (Central Act 59 of 1988), the Governor of Tamil Nadu hereby makes the following amendments to the Tamil Nadu Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, the draft of the same having been previously published, as required by sub-section (1) of section 212 of the said Act. Amendments. In the said Rules,- (1) in rule 91,- (i) in sub-rule (1), after the expression “assign the registration number”, the expression “through an online process that is in force from time to time,” shall be inserted; (ii) in sub-rule (3), for the expression “thousand”, the expression “two thousand” shall be substituted; (iii) in sub-rule (4), for the expression “a lot”, the expression “e-bidding” shall be substituted; [1] Ex-III-1(a)—(652)2 TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY (iv) for sub-rule (5), the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely:- “(5) (i) A person desirous of e-bidding shall pay an entry fee as specified in the Table under rule 132. (ii) The successful bidder shall pay the bidding amount, as specified in the Table under rule 132 for the reservation of advance registration number within forty eight hours of successful bidding, failing which the reservation of the advance registration number shall be cancelled; (iii) The number reserved under sub-rule (2) or sub-rule (3) shall be allotted on production of the vehicle within thirty days from the date of reservation of such number, failing which the number reserved shall be cancelled and will be allotted on daily routine serial.”; (2) in rule 132, in THE TABLE, against Serial No.1, in clause (b), after item (iv), the following items and entries shall be inserted in columns (1) to (5) thereof, namely:- “( v) entry fee for e-bidding; 1000 91(5)(i) … (vi) bidding amount In multiples of Rs.500/- 91(5)(ii) …”. DHEERAJ KUMAR, Additional Chief Secretary to Government. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF STATIONERY AND PRINTING, CHENNAI ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU

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