Apply In-Person

1. To Apply for Particular Carriage Permit, the applicant has to approach the RTO office to which your area belongs to. #Following link can provide you information related to the list of RTO office: link
2. An application form will be provided to the applicant by the concerned officer.
3. The applicant has to fill in all the necessary details in the application form. (Incomplete applications are not accepted)
4. Make sure that the applicant has to attach all the necessary documents that are mentioned in the “Required Documents” section of this page.
5. The applicant has to attach the photocopies of the required documents along with the application form while submitting.
6. Submit all the documents with the completed form to the concerned officer.
7. The applicant has to pay the prescribed fee as requested by the authority.
8. After receiving the application, the concerned authority will check the submitted application and document set. #If all are in place, the application will be accepted.
9. An acknowledgment receipt will be provided. Please save it for future reference, it contains the application summary and contact details of the person to be contacted.
10. Then the application will be processed further. All the updates on the application status will be sent via SMS to the applicant’s mobile number.
11. The processing time for this procedure takes up to 10 - 15 days.

Apply Online:

1. To apply for particular contract carriage permit, the applicant has to visit the official portal of the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways: Link to Portal
2. In the homepage, please scroll down to “Informational Services” and click on the “more” button in the “Citizen Guide” tab.
3. The applicant will be taken to the “Manual” page where all the available services will be listed.
4. Please click on the name of the required service and click on “Step by Step procedure” from the drop down menu.
5. The applicant will be taken to a new PDF page where the process for applying will be explained clearly.
6. Please follow the steps to complete the application.

For Grant

1. Registration Certificate Book in original form
2. Application in Form No. SR-21:SR-21
3. Rs 200/- Court Fees
4. Affidavit on Stamp Paper
5. Insurance in original form
6. Aadhaar Card
7. No Objection Certificate issued by the STA
8. Two recent Passport size photograph of the owner
9. Photograph of Parking(with shed)
10. Parking area Certificate issued by any gazetted officer/Police Officer/Revenue authority of the area.
11. No objection certificate of the tenant if vehicle is intended to be parked on the land of the tenant other than the vehicle owner.
12. Recent copy of Form-F of the land housing the parking facility.
13. Photograph of parking place of vehicle depicting the parked vehicle along with number plate in front and rear view.

For Renewal

1. Registration Certificate.
2. Insurance
3. Route permit Book, all in original.
4. Parking area certificate issued by any gazetted officer/Police Officer/Revenue authority of the area.
5. Recent copy of Map along with Form-F of the Land housing the parking facility.
6. No objection certificate of the tenant if vehicle is intended to be parked on the land of tenant other than the vehicle owner.
7. Aadhaar Card

State Transport Department, Regional and Sub regional offices details:Office
Licensing authorities of Uttarakhand State:Refer
List of All RTO Office in Uttarkhand

Provide eligibility criteria's for going through this procedure.

• Contract Carriage (other than Motor Cab) ( for entire India ):7200.00 + 500.00
  
• Contract Carriage (other than Motor Cab)(for entire Uttarakhand )/Counter Signature:7200.00
  
• More information related to fees can be obtained through following link:Fees

Explain the time until which the certificate/document is valid.
e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

Application form no SR-21 can be downloaded from following link:SR-21

Please attach sample completed documents which would help other people who would like to follow this procedure.    

Please explain the processing your application.    

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications. 
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type="website">video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.
Please remove the "&" inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver, 
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M" Video ID is "Y0US7oR_t3M". 
	

The applicant may approach the Office of the Deputy Commissioner (S/A) / Chairman (STA), who is in charge of issuing the permit.

• Full Name of applicant
• Name of father(in the case of an individual)
• Address
• Area for which required
• Type of vehicle
• Approximate seating capacity
• Particulars of service to be performed by the contract carriages (not necessary in case of a motor cab), and the manner in which it is claimed that the public convenience will be served
• Particulars of any stage carriage or contract carriage permit (or similar authorization under the Indian Motor Vehicles Act, 1914) valid in the province held by the applicant

• Contract carriage permit is the contract or permission for carrying particular types of passengers or goods.

The essential difference between the stage carriage and the contract carriage, as per the Motor Vehicles Act, is that a stage carriage permit holder picks passengers from one point and there can be various stages till the final destination point which are various stages, that is why it is called a 'stage carriage'. On the other hand, a contract carriage permit holder runs from one point to the destination point only.

Contract Carriage Buses Permits (Chartered Buses):
This is the most common type of permit used for hire and reward purpose. The permit holder can operate under a contract with his client for a fixed destination. For this an agreement should be executed between the clients and the operators and the list of passengers should also be available with the driver of bus. The permit holder cannot pick passengers other than those mentioned in the list. Such type of buses are also known as Chartered Buses. These permits are issued under section 74 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. The applicant has to apply on form PCA along with other formalities.

Stage Carriage Permits :
State Transport Authority announces scheme for grant of stage carriage permit from time to time, depending upon the requirement of buses on different route of the city. These permits are issued under section 72 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. The permit holders can operate their bus under their allotted routes for picking up passengers from one place to another.
More information related to various permits can be obtained through following link:More information

Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

• Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Government of India
  
• State Transport Department, Government of Uttarakhand
  
• Parivahan Seva, Ministry of Road & Transport Highways, Government of India

More information which might help people.