class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The Himachal Pradesh Transport Department on August 17, 2020 has issued the Draft Himachal Pradesh Motor Vehicles (second Amendment) Rules, 2020 further to amend the Himachal Pradesh Motor Vehicles Rules, 1999.
The amendments are made in Rule 69-A relating to Composite fee for All India Permits is substituted. It revises the composite fee to be charged, levied and paid to the State Government in respect of tourist vehicles which are authorized to ply in the State of Himachal Pradesh under All India Permits granted by any State Transport Authority of other State or Union Territory under the Section 88(9) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.
Rates at which composite fee can be levied is given below:
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Category of Vehicle
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Rates
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Having Seating capacity to carry more than twelve passengers excluding driver.
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Ordinary/Deluxe Buses ₹ 2500/- per day (13 to 32 seater) ₹ 3500/- per day ( above 32 seater) Luxury AC buses like Volvo, Mercedes etc. ₹ 5000/- per day
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Having Seating capacity to carry more than six passengers but not more than twelve passengers excluding driver.
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Seven to eight seater ₹ 300/- per day Nine to twelve seater ₹ 500/- per day; and
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Having seating capacity to carry not more than six passengers excluding the driver.
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Four to six seater ₹ 200/- per day
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Decision on days of operation will be taken on the basis of the tour programme associated with the permit but if the vehicle plied in the State without depositing the Composite Fee, then the defaulter will be punishable with a penalty of five times fee due in each category of vehicle.
Any person likely to be affected by these draft rules may send the written objections or suggestions to the Principal Secretary (Transport) to the Government of Himachal Pradesh, Shimla-2 within a period of 21 days from the date of publication of the said draft rules in the Rajpatra (e-Gazette), Himachal Pradesh.
[Notification no. TPT-A (3)-6/2020]
