Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has issued strict instructions to central and state government departments, central and state Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs), Urban Local Bodies (ULBs), industrial houses and individuals against hiring non-transport (private) vehicles.
The State Transport Authority (STA) Monday issued a notification in this regard and directed the organisations who are hiring private passengers vehicle for their official use will be fined as it is a gross violation of provision under MV Act, 1988 and rules framed there under.
The notification reads that it is hereby instructed that during enforcement, efforts should be made to detect cases where private passenger carrying vehicles are used for hire. E-challan needs to be issued against such vehicle owners and steps need to be taken to convert the private vehicle to transport category, the Transport authority wrote in its communiqué.
The transport department also clarified that RTO officials will register FIR against the hirer of the private vehicle and action will be taken against the owner under section 188 of the Indian Penal Code.
The State Government further issued an order and stated, “State/Central departments, autonomous bodies, individuals can hire and use only motor cabs, maxi cabs and omni buses which are registered under transport category. These transport category vehicles can be identified from their customary yellow colour number plates with black colour registration number.”
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