Organization : Madhya Pradesh Transport Department
Facility : How to Get Permit, Fitness

Home Page : http://transport.mp.gov.in/MPTS/Default.htm

How to Get Permit, Fitness :
Necessity for permits :
No person shall drive any Motor Vehicle and no owner of Motor Vehicle shall cause or permit the vehicle to be driven in any public place or any other place, unless the vehicle is Registered in accordance with Chapter IV of the MV Act,1988.

Procedure in applying for permits :
The State is divided into 4 regions. One Regional Transport Authority is constituted for each of the 4 regions under section 68 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 with State Transport Commissioner, as single-man, Regional Transport Authority.

These Regional Transport Authorities exercise and discharge the powers and functions conferred on them under the provisions of Motor Vehicles Act and Rules made there under, which mainly relate to control of transport by way of grant of permits.

Necessity for Fitness :
For every vehicle which Commercial, it is essential for a vehicle owner to have a fitness certificate for his/her vehicle from concerning Regional Transport Department (RTO). Online Fitness/Noc System works only for Commercial Vehicles.

For a new vehicle the Fitness certificate is issued for two years for Transport Vehicles (Commercial Vehicles). On expiry of the same it is renewed for next one year within in one month from the date of expiry.

Enrollment of Fitness Certification is divided into two parts :
Fitness Renewal :
This sub-application will 'renew' the Fitness Registration Number which are already issued and are expired as per the grace period and will get the validity for 1 year.

Fitness Duplicate :
This sub-application will provide duplicate Fitness certificate for the vehicle owner who lost their original fitness certificates and need a duplicate one. Applicant will visit our site and apply for duplicate by using Fitness-Duplicate. Application will not accept number which is expired, so in that case user first have to renew it and can apply for Duplicate Certificate.

Where to approach :
An applicant can visit mptransport.org-> Online Fitness and NOC and apply online by paying appropriate fees.

Requirements :
** Certificate of Registration
** Proof of Address
** Existing Fitness Certificate

About us :
The Transport department functions under the provisions of section 213 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. The Transport Department is primarily established for enforcement of the provisions of Motor Vehicles Act,1988, Madhya Pradesh Motor Vehicles Taxation Act,1924 (Amended 1993) and the rules framed under these two Acts.

The Transport Department is headed by the Transport Commissioner (TC). He is assisted by Deputy Transport Commissioners specializing in Enforcement, Administration and Finance in the Head office.