The Regional Transport Office (RTO) of Pune has planned to hold an auction of vehicles confiscated for non pay... Read More

PUNE: The Regional Transport Office (RTO) of Pune has planned to hold an auction of vehicles confiscated for non payment of taxes and booked under various clauses of motor vehicle act. About 32 vehicles have been listed for auction which will be held on December 9.

The action will be held at RTO office located at Sangam bridge at 11 am. The vehicles listed for auction include tourist taxi, small goods vehicles, truck, bus and scrapped autorickshaws. The RTO has kept these vehicles at various locations including its office, Katraj depot of Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML), Shikrapur police station and Lonikand police station.

The RTO has said that despite repeated attempts and appeals owners of these vehicles failed to turn up to get back their vehicles. Owners however can approach the RTO till date of auction to claim vehicles by payment of pending taxes.

The RTO has displayed a list of vehicles listed for auction at notice board at its office. Those wishing to participate in auction are expected to approach RTO and complete necessary formalities before date of auction. The RTO has conducted three auctions of scrapped vehicles in current year.