- Bribe Fighter
- 12 years ago
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RTO Indiranagar, Prepare,Persist, Polite
Moved from Mumbai to Bangalore and took along my 11 Year Old Motorbike.
My Bike had been self ridden, however rarely, as I had the option of company transport in Mumba, so in very good condition e.g. The front Tyre in use to date is the stock OEM.
Enter RTO Indiranagar, Bangalore.
The Helpdesk will never have any of the forms and will direct you to Shops below.
Agents there will quote the amount - RS 9000 in my case to change the address in the RC book and to accept Road Tax for Bangalore.
Tackling Method
Visit the RTO Website and understand the actual procedure and documents required.
Be persistent the Government Officials will not ask for a bribe directly but will keep giving you the run around
They will try to reject your request citing flimsy reasons, so plan to camp in RTO for the day.
They asked me for an NOC from Mumbai without which they would not process my request.
As per the RTO Site NOC is not a mandate.
Then they wanted me to go and register the bike at KR Puram RTO
Show that you know so be prepared.
Got past the First obstacle
Next Fitness Certification
The Inspector will find various reasons to fail your vehicle and will show his veiled annoyance at you for not feeding him.
Keep your Vehicle at its best and be PERSISTENT but Polite.
After inspecting my vehicle I was made to wait another 3 hours before he signed the fitness certificate.
I paid the Road Tax 2800 and 150 for a Electronic RTO Card .
My RTO card arrived a month later by registered post.Huraahh
So instead of Rs 9000 Bribe and a stained conscience I got the Jobdone for Rs3000.
Prepare Persist Polite
Irony In Mumbai I had paid 3000 rupees 11 Years back as registration for a new bike, Bangalore took 3000 again for a depreciated bike and gave me 300000 potholes as a Bonus.