DL/RC to be sent by post in home address from Feb 1

--Person with fake address in DL may face music

BHUBANESWAR: Now the persons, who mention fake or fictious address in their driving licenses (DL) or registration certificates (RC) application, may land in trouble as the State Government has decided to dispatch the DL/RC by Speed Post or Registered Post through post offices from February 1 this year.

If the address is found fake, said a notification issued by the State Commerce and Transport department, the DL/RC would be returned to the concerned Regional Transport Office (RTO) and the applicant would be interrogated for the unscrupulous act.     

“This will also act as a check to ensure that the applicants provide correct residential address while applying for DL/ RC and to prevent unscrupulous elements applying DL/RC with fictitious addresses.” said the notification, adding, “The new system will ease the difficulties experienced by the applicants for DL/RC while collecting it from RTO office.”

The notification further said the present practice of collecting the DLs and RCs in person by the applicants from the office of the RTOs will be stopped and such licenses and certificates will be sent to the applicants’ address as stated in the applications by Speed Post/Registered Post only. For this purpose, the dispatch fees and handling charges will be borne by the applicant concerned which will be added to the present fees for different purposes of obtaining DLs/RCs, it added.

Accordingly, the notification said, Rs 20 in case of address of the applicant falling in the local municipal area where the RTO office is situated and Rs 40 for the other areas as the case may be will be collected from the applicants in addition to the DL and RC fees for different purposes.

This order shall come into effect from February 1, 2014 and applications will be received from February 1, 2014 onwards will be accepted with these additional charges towards dispatch fee by Speed Post and handling charges in addition to the DL and RC fees for different purposes, stated the notification.