​Lack of checks in vehicle fitness tests irks HC

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Tuesday directed the state authorities to verify allegations that 35-40 vehicle fitness certificates are being issued daily by an RTO officer. The court's directions came a year after the HC banned the issuance of fitness certificates to vehicles without proper checks.

"Verify the records. If this is true, then it could lead to a disaster. It requires serious action," said a division bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Revati Dhere. The court has directed the "senior most officer at Pune RTO" to file his response.

The court was hearing a petition filed by Pune resident Shrikant Karve alleging that regional transport officers were ignoring the procedures while issuing fitness certificates. Karve had filed an affidavit on the basis of data obtained from the Pune RTO, which showed that a single officer was issuing between 35 and 40 fitness certificates during the office working hours. According to norms, the time for fitness tests and test drives for different vehicles is prescribed and ranges from 10 minutes for an autorickshaw, 15 minutes for a taxi, 20 minutes for a truck and 25 minutes for a bus. "If the court orders were being followed, it would mean that each officer was working for 18-20 hours daily, which was not the case. This is the case at every RTO in Maharashtra," said Karve.

Advocate Uday Warunjikar, who was appointed in the case, said the records point out that the norms were not being complied with despite court orders.

Last year, the high court had directed that no fitness certificate would be issued to any vehicle in Maharashtra without proper tests. The court had warned of strict action if its orders were flouted. The court's orders had come in the backdrop of Maharashtra's accident figures—around 77,000 accidents annually and 13,000 fatalities.

The court on Tuesday also directed the MPSC to expedite the state government's proposal to recruit over 230 assistant RTO inspectors.

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