State creates 450 new RTO posts to stop shortcuts

Transport commissioner V N More said new and pending vacancies would be filled in two phases.

There are 300 new and 21 old vacancies of assitant vehicle inspectors and 150 and 70 of motor vehicle inspectors.

In the first phase,171 assistant inspectors and 220 inspectors will be recruited through Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC).

More said,“It is for the first time that these many vacancies have been created. Shortage of staff makes it difficult for us to conduct tests in the strictest possible manner. We are also requesting MPSC to expedite the process of recruitment.”

An MPSC recruitment cycle is of a year and a half.

Inspectors and assitant inspectors conduct physical examination of vehicles before registration and learning and driving licence

tests.