Hyderabad, February 26: Three automobile showrooms were sent notices by the Transport department, after they received specific complaints alleging showroom officials had demanded money for registration work.
However, officials were not willing to disclose names of erring showrooms. Officials said the transport commissioner L Premchandra Reddy got three complaints from customers who showed quotations given to them by showroom authorities. The quotation said besides statutory fees, if a customer pays an additional Rs. 2,000 to Rs.2,500, they would take responsibility for registration of the vehicle.
According to the Motor Vehicles Act, showroom authorities should not be involved with permanent registration of a vehicle. “Despite us informing showroom authorities not to interfere in permanent registration, they have been doing so,’’ joint transport commissioner B Venkateshwarlu said. All three erring showrooms were asked to respond to allegations in a week.
–Agencies