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A network of high-tech ITMS cameras has been laid in big cities of Uttar Pradesh like Lucknow, Kanpur, Noida, Ghaziabad, Varanasi, Prayagraj, Agra and Meerut to tighten traffic rules. In case of signal jump, seat belt, over speeding or not wearing helmet, e-challan is sent directly to the vehicle owner’s mobile. Many times, vehicle owners end up with multiple or old challans, due to which they are forced to make rounds of courts and RTO offices. If there is an old or wrong challan registered on your vehicle, then there is no need to worry. These pending challans can be cleared in a very simple, quick and legal manner through the policies of the Yogi government, court reliefs and the National Lok Adalat organized by the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA). Get the challan settled in Lok Adalat and get huge discount or complete waiver. The most popular and authentic means of getting the pending traffic challan resolved is ‘Rashtriya Lok Adalat’, which is organized at regular intervals in every district court of the state. The basic objective of Lok Adalat is to reduce the burden of cases and settle the cases with mutual consent. If your challan has been transferred to Virtual Court or Regular Court, you can book online token for Lok Adalat. By appearing before the Magistrate on the day of Lok Adalat, you can get huge discount in the amount of challan. In many cases where the violation was minor or the driver is financially weak, the challan is considered void by the magistrate and waived off completely. The decision of the Lok Adalat is final and there is no appeal against it, due to which the case is closed forever. Challenge the challan issued due to wrong or technical fault on the online portal. Many times, the automatic cameras installed in cities generate wrong challan due to wrong detection of number plate, your challan being issued on the number of some other vehicle or due to technical glitch. If this has happened to you, you can challenge it directly without paying any money. For this, the option of ‘Grievance’ is available on the official portal of the Transport Department (echallan.parivahan.gov.in). File your objection there by uploading your challan number, vehicle registration number and evidence (such as a photo of the actual condition of the vehicle at the time of the incident or toll receipt). The traffic police cell of the concerned district investigates this complaint and after matching with the camera footage, the wrong challan is completely canceled from the database. Get the settlement through Virtual Court without a lawyer sitting at home with a nominal penalty. If the challan is correct but you do not want to waste the time and expense of a lawyer by appearing in the regular court, then the ‘Virtual Court’ (vcourts.gov.in) system of the Government of India and Judiciary is the biggest help. When an e-challan remains pending for a long time, it is sent to the virtual court. By logging into the portal, drivers can check the case status by entering their mobile number and vehicle number. Here you have the option to ‘Plead Guilty’. You can pay the concessional fine amount decided by the Virtual Judge instantly through online UPI, credit card or net banking. As soon as the payment is completed, the status of the challan becomes ‘Disposed’ and your record is completely cleaned. Check your status under the order for cancellation of challans of old years. Uttar Pradesh government had earlier taken the historic step of canceling lakhs of pending old challans between the years 2017 to 2021 in public interest. Many vehicle owners are not aware that their old challans have automatically expired under that order of the government. If any e-challan on your vehicle between 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2021 is still visible on the portal, then you can get it removed from the online system by contacting the challan resolution cell of the RTO or traffic police office of your district by quoting the relevant Government Order (GO). This system has proved to be a lifesaver especially for those commercial and private vehicle owners whose old challans were becoming a hindrance in fitness or NOC. Failure to dispose of e-challan on time can lead to serious legal losses. People often ignore e-challan messages, but doing so can prove costly in the future. If the challan remains unpaid for a long time, the portal gets blocked in renewing the vehicle’s pollution certificate (PUCC), taking NOC from RTO, transferring the vehicle or paying road tax. Apart from this, repeatedly ignoring the court summons can lead to blacklisting of the vehicle under the Motor Vehicles Act or action can also be taken to seize the vehicle by the police. Therefore, as soon as the date of Lok Adalat is announced or the case is listed in the online virtual court, go ahead immediately and get all your pending challans resolved with these 4 easy steps.