Normal Life of Vehicles before Condemnation and Disposal
Determination of the normal age of the state government vehicles to be taken into consideration while condemning them before disposal.
Transport
Transport Department operates from the State Administrative Buildings, i.e. Writers’ Buildings. The Kolkata RTO office is known as Public Vehicles Department.
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Procedures for Allotment of Vehicle Registration Number
Registration marks to be used for temporary registration by the Registering Authorities, which will be uniform throughout the State and will also be readily identifiable.
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Stipulated Time Limit for rendering Services by Transport Department
Governor is pleased to notify the following services, stipulated time limit for rendering the services, and particulars of each of the Designated Officers, Appellate Authority and Reviewing Authority, responsible for providing the services as shown in the table below:
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SOPs for Suspension/ Revocation/ Cancellation of Driving License
Governor is pleased to issue the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) in connection with disqualification of a person from holding a driving license or revoke such license in terms of provisions of Section 19 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.
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Supreme Court directed to Protect Bystander or Good Samaritan
A bystander or good Samaritan including an eyewitness of a road accident may take an injured person to the nearest hospital, and the bystander or good Samaritan should be allowed to leave immediately.
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Renewal of Certificate of Fitness for Vehicles
Chief Mechanical Engineer of the State Transport Undertakings will renew the Certificate of Fitness for the vehicles owned by respective organisation.
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Separate Sounds for Ambulance Siren and Police Siren
For the purpose of early patient transport an ambulance may use as signal the wailing siren sound having rising and falling loop; while a police vehicle in emergency service will use siren with passing sound effect with short brust.
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Recruitment Rules of Motor Vehicles Inspector (Technical)
The method of, and the qualifications required for, the recruitment to the posts of Motor Vehicles Inspector (Technical) under the Transport Department, Government of West Bengal.
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Exemption of Tax Payment for Motor Vehicles belonging to NIA
Motor vehicles (non-transport) registered in West Bengal belonging to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), an Agency constituted under Section 3 of the National Investigation Act, 2008.
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Vehicle Location Tracking Device and Emergency Button
Governor is pleased to direct that the following categories of vehicles shall be equipped with or fitted with vehicle location tracking device and one or more emergency buttons at conspicuous position in public interest.