Kerala Motor Vehicles Department
The Kerala Motor Vehicles Department (MVD) is a line department of the Department of Transport, one of the departments of the
Government of Kerala
Government of Kerala is the Subnational administrative division, subnational government of the Indian state of Kerala. The government is led by a chief minister, who selects all the other ministers. The chief minister and their most senior mini ...
. The Kerala Motor Vehicles Department is entrusted with the responsibility of providing registration of vehicles in
Kerala
Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...
, issuance of Driving license, issuance of various permits, collection of road taxes, control of vehicular pollution and enforcement of the
Motor Vehicles Act.
The Kerala MVD functions under the provisions of Section 213 of the
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. The Motor Vehicles Department is headed by the Transport Commissioner, an
Indian Police Service
The Indian Police Service ( IPS) is a civil service under the All India Services. It replaced the Indian Imperial Police in 1948, a year after India became independent from the British Raj.
Along with the Indian Administrative Service (I ...
officer of the rank of
Additional Director General of Police. The Transport Commissioner is assisted by the Additional Transport Commissioner, Joint Transport Commissioners and Deputy Transport Commissioners. The current Transport Commissioner is S. Sreejith IPS.
Regional Transport Offices
Sub Regional Transport Offices
Future Sub Regional Transport Offices
Government of Kerala has repeatedly intimated multiple legislative members that there are no plans to setup any new RTOs/SRTOs in Kerala unless the financial condition of Kerala improves.
[http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/15kla/Session_3/ans/u01791-081021-03-15.pdf ]
References
Official list of Regional Transport OfficesOfficial list of Sub Regional Transport Offices
External links
* https://www.mvd.kerala.gov.in (Link to Kerala Motor Vehicles Department. This website provide all the Rules and Regulations.)
* GO order http://www.keralamvd.gov.in/images/mvd/go2011/go_23-2011.pdf
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