Got a BH series number plate for my car: Overall cost & experience

RTOs across the country have made it harder to procure BH series numbers.

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Saga of getting the BH series number

RTOs across the country have made it harder to procure BH series numbers. As per the RTO agent, the stricter norms have come in from Nov'23.

I feel its a good step to prevent misuse, But there needs to be a middle ground to not hassle genuine folks.

BH series misuse - captured in this thread by GTO.

Time taken to get BH number allotted: 15 days

Do note - Make sure your name is same across PAN card, Aadhaar card, Vehicle invoice and Temporary registration slip.

They did not insist on this being same for the temporary registration. But for BH, I had to modify my Aadhaar to include my fathers last name. (PAN mandates fathers last name also, Aadhaar doesn't - A concern for folks who don't have a concept of last name - e.g. some folks from the South of India)

Documents needed from workplace as per GOI norms:

• Vehicle Invoice
• Temporary registration certificate
• Employee PAN card
• Aadhaar card
• Certificate from workplace mentioning 4 GST numbers

Form-60 (Working certificate) - includes:

• Registration number of organisation (CIN number)
• Registered address of organisation
• Organisation's PAN card number
• Organisation e-mail address
• Employee UAN (PF)

Apart from these documents, the RTO insisted on the following proof as well:

• An email from the HR to the RTO email ID
• Content of email - what is already there in form 60
• Last 3 Pay slips

RTO had also calculated the road tax in a way different from the GOI gazette.

• GOI rules say, tax is calculated on Invoice price (+) CESS {Same as ex-showroom price (-) GST}. And depending on this numerical value - tax bands apply
• UP RTO has calculated this tax on Invoice price alone (they've missed to add the CESS). They've also not considered the discount which has reduced the ex-showroom price.

The tax band has been applied on overall Ex-showroom price.

It ended up costing me 23K more over 15 years. I did not want to go through the hassle of dealing with the RTO again. I'm also moving cities next month, so I wanted this complete before moving.

The value of BH registration is worth much more, so this doesn't irk me.

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