RTO Offices in Himachal Pradesh: Complete List With Address & Phone Numbers

Regional Transport Office (RTO) or Regional Transport Authority (RTA) is a government body that is responsible for carrying out all the duties and functions that are detailed in the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. Every state and city in India has its own Regional Transport Office that falls under the Motor Vehicles Department. The department, headed by the Transport Commissioner, has been formulated under section 213(1) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, which states that "The State Government may, for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of the Act, establish a Motor Vehicles Department and appoint as officers thereof such persons as it thinks fit." The primary role of an RTO is to maintain a comprehensive database of all motor vehicles registered in that particular city, state or union territory, and to monitor and enforce the various rules and regulations mentioned in the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.

Services Offered by Regional Transport Office Himachal Pradesh

Any Regional Transport Office (RTO) across various cities, states or union territories in India have certain sets of functions that they are deemed to carry out. The main functions of an RTO of Himachal Pradesh are three-fold:

• To ensure that the provisions of all the rules and regulations stated under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 and the state motor vehicles guidelines are properly enforced.
• To levy and collect tax according to the provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.
• To facilitate the development and growth of road transportation by managing respective permits.

In order to comply with the functional requirements mentioned above, all RTOs, including the RTO in Himachal Pradesh, perform the following main activities, as per the vehicles act: