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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
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EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 639]
NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2025/ASVINA 8, 1947
6544 GI/2025
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MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 29th September, 2025
G.S.R. 723(E).—The following draft rules to further amend the Central Motor Vehicles
Rules, 1989, which the Central Government proposes to make in exercise of the powers conferred by clause
(n) of section 27, section 64, clause (d) of section 137, clause (c) of section 210C, clause (a) and clause (b)
of sub-section (2) of section 211A, clause (b) of sub-section (2) of section 215C of the Motor Vehicles
Act, 1988 (59 of 1988) are hereby published as required by sub-section (1) of Section 212 of the said Act
for information of all persons likely to be affected thereby and notice is hereby given that the said draft
rules shall be taken into consideration after the expiry of a period of thirty days from the date on which the
copies of this notification, as published in the Gazette of India, are made available to the public.
The objections or suggestions which may be received from any person with respect to the said draft
rules before the expiry of the period aforesaid will be considered by the Central Government;
Objections and suggestions to these draft rules, if any, may be sent to the Additional Secretary
(MVL), email: comments-morth@gov.in, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Transport Bhawan,
Parliament Street, New Delhi-110001.
Draft Rules
1. Short title and commencement- (1) These rules may be called as the Central Motor Vehicles
(.............Amendment) Rules, 2025.
(2) They shall come into force from the date of their final publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in sub-rule (1) of
rule 21, after the clause (24), following clause shall be inserted, —
"(25) Commission of five or more offences or contraventions of the provisions of the Act or these rules, as
substantiated by the challan history."
3. In the said rules, rule 167 shall be substituted with the following, —
"167. Procedure for issuance and payment of challan
(1) Any police officer in uniform or any other officer authorised by the State Government in this behalf
shall issue a challan, either in physical or electronic form, to a person in violation of the provisions of the
Act, or rules made thereunder.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (1), in case any person who violates the provisions of
the Act or rules made thereunder, the State Government can enable auto-generation of challan through
electronic monitoring and enforcement system or manually by any police officer or by any officer
authorised by the State Government.
(3) The challan issued under sub-rule (1) or (2), shall be delivered to a person who violates the provisions
of the Act, or rules made thereunder, either by hand or any other physical means within a period of fifteen
days, or by electronic means of communication authorised by the Central Government, within a period of
three days.
(4) Details of challans issued under sub-rule (1) or (2), shall be recorded chronologically on the portal .
(5) Any person to whom a challan is issued under sub-rule (1) or (2), shall, within a period of forty five
days from the date of such issuance, either accept and pay the amount specified in the challan or contest the
challan on the portal along with documentary evidence in such manner and before such authority for
redressal, as may be specified by the State Government.
(6) Where a person to whom a challan issued under sub-rule (1) or (2) does not contest the challan before
the authority referred to in sub-rule (5), such challan shall be deemed to have been accepted by such person
on the expiry of a period of forty five days from the date of issuance of such challan.
(7) The amount mentioned in the challan deemed to have been accepted under sub-rule (6) shall be paid, in
physical or electronic form, within the next thirty days from the expiry of the period specified under sub-
rule (6).
(8) Where a challan is contested under sub-rule (5) and is not resolved by the specified authority within a
period of thirty days, or where such authority quashes the challan for reasons to be recorded in writing,
such challan shall cease to have effect.
(9) Where the specified authority rejects, with reasons to be recorded in writing, the submissions made by
the person against whom the challan has been issued, the person may either accept and pay the amount
specified in the said challan within a period of thirty days from the uploading of such order on the portal, or
may file an application before a court after depositing fifty per cent of the amount specified in the challan
in the manner as may be specified by the State Government.
(10) If the person has neither paid the said challan nor contested the challan before a court within thirty
days from the date of receipt of the order, the challan shall be deemed to have been accepted and
the amount mentioned in the challan deemed to have been accepted shall be paid, in physical or electronic
form, within the next fifteen days from the expiry of the period specified hereinabove in this sub-rule.
(11) A notice shall be sent through electronic means every day from the fifteenth day before the expiry of
the period specified in sub-rule (7) and (10).
(12) If no action is taken by the person to whom the challan is issued under sub-rule (7) and (10), in such
cases, till the disposal of such challans, applications with respect to the license of offender or registration
of motor vehicle, as the case may be, mentioned in the challan shall not be processed by the licensing
authority or registering authority, as the case may be, except applications relating to tax(es) of motor
vehicle, and such vehicle shall be flagged as 'Not to be Transacted' on the portal, which shall also
automatically send an intimation to the registered owner or the licence holder, as the case may be, including
through electronic means, till the payment of such challan, on the portal.
(13) Subject to orders of the court, in respect of challans issued under sub rule (1) or (2), a police officer in
uniform authorised by the State Government in this behalf may detain the vehicle involved in the violation
of any provision of this Act or rules made thereunder."
3. In the said rules, in rule 167A,—
(i) for sub-rule (7), sub-rule (8), sub-rule (9) and sub-rule (10), the following sub-rules shall be substituted,
namely,—
"(6A) In cases where network connectivity is unavailable or where the device is unable to establish
connection, the authorised officer may record the details of the challan in an offline report in such form and
manner as may be specified by the State Government, and the said data shall be uploaded to the portal at
the earliest possible opportunity.
(7) Challans, under sub-rules (1) and (2), shall be issued in the name of the registered owner of the vehicle,
within a period of three days and must be accompanied with a notice of offence in electronic form viz SMS
or e-mail or in physical form within a period of fifteen days.
(8)(a) The payment of the challan shall be made within the time period specified in the sub-rules (5) to (11)
of rule 167.
(b) The payment of e-challan can be made electronically on an online portal specified by the State
Government or using cash or card at Traffic Police Stations or at designated places or the e-payment
gateway of the e-challan system as specified by States.
(9) The notice of offence shall be sent within a period of three days in electronic form and in physical form
within a period of fifteen days of the occurrence of the offence and the electronic record collected by way
of electronic monitoring should be stored till the disposal of challan and in the case where the electronic
record relates to an offence, should be stored till the conclusion of proceedings initiated, including appeals.
(10) In case the owner of the vehicle was not driving the vehicle at the time of offence, he may claim
innocence, including on the portal, before the specified authority under sub-rule (5) of Rule 167, by
providing appropriate proof that he was not the driver at the time of the offence, or that another person was
the driver at the time of the offence."
[F.No. RT-25035/66/2025-RS]
MAHMOOD AHMED, Addl. Secy.
Note: The principal Rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, sub-
section (i) vide G.S.R. (E), dated the and lastly amended vide G.S.R. (E) dated
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