![Transport Minister, Sunil Sharma, handing over temporary registration number to a customer during inauguration of Dealer Assisted Registration. Transport Minister, Sunil Sharma, handing over temporary registration number to a customer during inauguration of Dealer Assisted Registration.](https://cdndailyexcelsior.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/page8-25.jpg)
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 15: Sunil Kumar Sharma, Minister for Transport, today launched the comprehensive online Dealer Assisted Registration from the office of Transport Commissioner.
The function was attended by around 150 automobile dealers from the across the State including those who joined over video conferencing from all the districts.
Speaking on the occasion, the Minister complimented the Motor Vehicles Department and informed that the department is committed to provide hassle free and prompt service to the public. He further shared that the Dealer Assisted Registration shall go a long way in putting in place an efficient and fast delivery system. The Minister said that the online Dealer Assisted Registration will be further simplified in days to come.
Joint Transport Commissioner, Vikas Sharma, while explaining the new process informed that the Dealer Assisted Registration is now in place for registration of non-commercial transport vehicles. “Any customer can now get his documentation, submission of fee and taxes, generation of temporary numbers completed at the vehicle dealer’s end itself. The department has also upgraded the system to enable uploading of all documents at the dealer’s end thereby enabling the electronic transmission of files from the dealer to the RTO/ARTO offices”, he said.
Transport Commissioner, Saugat Biswas, gave a chronological background of the initiatives taken by the department. He shared that an ambitious beginning was made by extending this facility to the whole State in November 2017 upto data punching and fee collection stage. This year it has been further upgraded to include uploading of documents at dealers end and electronic transmission of file to the RTO/ARTOs for approval thereby completing the cycle. He emphasized that the vehicle customers need not pay anything extra in the new online system other than the statutory fees and taxes.
The documentation and fee/taxes collection of two vehicles was demonstrated on spot by Anil Gupta (M/s Shree Toyota) and temporary number and documents generated online were handed over to the vehicle owners by the Minister.
The function was also attended by Mir Afroz, MD JKSRTC, Mohinder Singh, Additional Transport Commissioner, Regional Transport Officer Jammu, Regional Transport Officer, Kashmir, Regional Transport Officer, Kathua and senior functionaries of the department and dealers from Srinagar and Jammu.