Bhubaneswar, Jan 4: Fancy registration numbers for vehicles in the State will be auctioned online from January 7, Transport Minister Ramesh Majhi has said.
Earlier, the Commerce and Transport department has issued a draft notification seeking changes to the Section 14 of the Motor Vehicle Rule – 1914.
The State government hopes to generate more revenue through the auction of fancy number plates and bring transparency into allotment procedure of fancy vehicle registration numbers, the Minister said.
He added that the transport commissioner will reserve the fancy registration numbers and notify the same in local dailies for auction. “The department has identified 423 numbers between 1 and 9999 categories as ‘fancy numbers”, Majhi said.
According to sources, the fancy numbers will be auctioned under four categories. The minimum bid price for a two wheel fancy number will be Rs 10,000 and for a four wheel it will be Rs 20,000. The minimum bidding price for very special number like 1-9 (single digit) will be Rs 1 lakh, while double digit numbers and series numbers would be Rs 60,000, , while other fancy numbers will be sold at Rs 40,000.
