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The Pune Regional Transport Office (RTO) has issued an order by which the Porsche involved in the crash on May 19 where a 17-year-old minor mowed down two techies from Madhya Pradesh on Kalyani Nagar Road, Pune will not be able to come on road until March 2025.
The car was brought from Bangalore through a Bangalore-based vehicle dealer who completed the temporary registration process with the Bangalore RTO. However, the process to complete the permanent registration was on hold due to the non-payment of the registration fee of Rs 1,758 with the Pune RTO.
“The validity of the temporary registration was from April to September, which was for six months. But now, after the issuance of the order, the car’s registration cannot be done for another six months after September,” said Sanjeev Bhor, RTO Pune.
Bhor further said a show cause notice had been issued to the Porsche’s owner. Since no response was received by the RTO, the cancellation order has been issued for one year. “Since the temporary registration was issued by the Bangalore RTO, we have also intimated them. They will also cancel the registration process and update it on the Vahan Portal,” he said.
Regarding the minor driver’s license, Bhor said that according to the Motor Vehicle Act (MVA) Section 199, the Pune RTO will soon send a proposal to the Transport Commissioner, Mumbai, to bar the minor from obtaining a license until he attains the age of 25 years.
“The proposal, after being sent to the Transport Commissioner, will be forwarded to the National Informatics Centre (NIC). NIC will update their system to ensure the driver is not provided a license until he reaches 25,” said Bhor.
Bhor informed that the report from the three-member team of Porsche company experts, who came from Mumbai, has not yet been submitted to the RTO. The inspection was to check whether the car had any technical malfunctions during the accident. Along with this, the RTO’s inspection report will also be coming within two or three days.
