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There is a very important and shocking news for the vehicle owners of Uttar Pradesh. If you were sitting relaxed thinking that your old traffic challan has been closed forever under the government’s amnesty scheme, then you will have to change your perception. The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to re-review about 13 lakh e-challans waived off between 2017 and 2021.
Of these, approximately Reactivate 4 lakh challans of serious nature Is being done. This simply means that now the concerned vehicle owners will either have to pay the fixed fine or face legal action as per rules.
Why are closed cases being reopened?
Actually, this big step has been taken after a strict comment by the Supreme Court. The Hon’ble Court had expressed deep concern over such blanket waiver of serious traffic violations (such as rash driving, overspeeding or dangerous driving). The court believes that this compromises road safety. After this order, the Transport Department of UP has been given the full responsibility of weeding out these old challans and re-implementing serious cases.
The whole matter in the eyes of statistics (E-Challan Data)
You can easily understand the status of non-tax challans issued in Uttar Pradesh between January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2021 from the table given below:
Note: With the closure of these 13 lakh challans, vehicle owners had got a big relief in government services like fitness certificate, permit, vehicle transfer and installation of HSRP, which may now be in trouble again.
On which challans will the penalty fall? District committees are being formed
Challans of these three categories will be activated again
The government is going to constitute special committees at the district level, which will mainly investigate the following three types of cases closely:
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Non-Compoundable Offences: Serious traffic violations which cannot be settled by paying a small fine on the spot or by mutual agreement.
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Cases punishable with jail: For breaking the rules, the provision of direct jail sentence has been fixed by the court under the Motor Vehicles Act.
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Habitual Offenders: Such vehicle owners whose past record has been of repeatedly flouting traffic rules.
The data shortlisted by these committees will be updated online through the main portal of National Informatics Center (NIC).
How to check challan status of your vehicle sitting at home
If you also drive a vehicle in Uttar Pradesh, then you can find out through online medium whether any old challan of your vehicle has been activated again or not: