GJ-23 Anand RTO: an assistant RTO split from Kheda

Anand district was carved out of Kheda district, so Anand has a code of its own, GJ-23. Its office is an Assistant Regional Transport Office (ARTO), named ARTO Anand by the state, while the Kheda district office at Nadiad keeps GJ-07.

On GJ 23 AB 1234, the letters GJ say Gujarat and the 23 says ARTO Anand registered the car. AB is its series, and 1234 is the four-digit number.

Worth knowing: An Anand plate stays GJ-23 when the owner moves to Nadiad or anywhere else in Gujarat; it changes only if the car is re-registered outside Gujarat or its registration details are changed.

For plate features and the notifications behind them, see our Gujarat RTO guide.

Anand district’s code is GJ-23, and the Commissionerate names its office ARTO Anand. The second table holds GJ-07, the Kheda code used at Nadiad, with the Vadodara and Ahmedabad codes that Anand owners also come across.

Anand district is listed with eight talukas, Anand, Anklav, Borsad, Khambhat, Petlad, Sojitra, Tarapur and Umreth. That list describes the district, though, and no official list confirms that each of them registers at the Anand office.

Everything a GJ-23 owner needs from the RTO, from a new registration to a licence or a transfer, is handled at ARTO Anand. Two directories give the same address for it, but no official page confirms it, so treat it as a guide.

Anand RTO office, GJ-23

The state lists the office as ARTO Anand (GJ-23), an Assistant Regional Transport Office rather than a full RTO. Directories place it on the ground floor of the Sevasadan building, with the D.S.P. Office, at Borsad Chokdi.

Worth knowing: At ARTO Anand, as at other Gujarat offices, the driving test runs on a slot you book on Sarathi before you arrive.

Which office registers your car depends on the address you give, not the dealer you buy from. An address in Anand district normally goes to GJ-23, while a Nadiad or other Kheda address goes to GJ-07.

To check a car that already has a number, enter it, say GJ23AB1234, in the finder at the top of this page or on the Vahan portal. Whichever office registered the car keeps its file, and its later work goes there.

Worth knowing: Moving from Petlad to Anand town, or from Anand to Ahmedabad, does not change your number. Put the new address on the Registration Certificate and inform your insurer of it.

Bringing a car into Anand from another state? It pays the whole Gujarat rate at re-registration, as the Gujarat Motor Vehicles Tax Act, 1958 treats it like a new Gujarat registration.

ARTO Anand charges the national RTO fees, so a GJ-23 registration costs no more or less than one at Nadiad. Payment is made on the Vahan portal, by the dealer when the car is new.

Worked example: Say you buy a new car in Anand with a bank loan. Registration is ₹600, the smart card RC ₹200 and noting the loan ₹1,500, which makes ₹2,300 in RTO fees on top of road tax.

An Anand car that is 15 years old pays ₹5,000 to renew its registration for five years, and ₹10,000 once it is past 20. Each month you renew late adds ₹500 for a car and ₹300 for a motorcycle.

Your dealer in Anand files a new car’s registration on Vahan, but approval comes from whichever office covers your home address. Live in Anand and you get GJ-23; live in Nadiad and the same dealer’s papers go to GJ-07.

If you sell a GJ-23 car, ARTO Anand records the new owner, and the papers can go in on Vahan or at the office. You sign Form 29 as the seller, you and the buyer sign Form 30, and a car transfer costs ₹300.

Is a loan still noted on the RC (hypothecation)? Get the bank’s No Objection Certificate (NOC) and file Form 35 first, at no cost. Our Gujarat RTO guide explains the whole process.

Most RTO jobs for an Anand car start on the Vahan portal, and licence jobs on the Sarathi portal. ARTO Anand then works on the application, as the office for the address on it.

Duplicate RC and RC status check in Anand

A missing or damaged RC is replaced through Form 26, and a car’s duplicate costs ₹300. You can also check your RC status for a GJ-23 number on Kiwi Insurance.

Driving licence services in Anand

Learning to drive in Anand? Apply for the learner’s licence on Sarathi, book your test slot there, then sit the test in person. Licence renewals and other services are on our Gujarat RTO guide.

Drive a GJ-23 car without valid cover and the fine is ₹2,000 for the first offence and ₹4,000 for the next, under section 196 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.

Some Gujarat offences are compounded at state amounts, so pay what your challan says, at echallan.parivahan.gov.in or in mParivahan. Our Gujarat RTO guide lists the other fines.

Moving to Anand from Ahmedabad or Rajkot? Your GJ number stays. Moving from another state, you must re-register the car with a GJ number once it has spent more than 12 months in Gujarat, under section 47 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.

If you are leaving Gujarat, the same steps apply in reverse: ARTO Anand issues the NOC on Form 28, and you register the car again in your new state.

Worth knowing: Coming from another state, inform your insurer once when you settle in Anand and again when the car is given its GJ-23 number. The paperwork for each step is on our Gujarat RTO guide.

If your job could send you to another state, a Bharat series (BH) number saves re-registering the car each time, since it is valid in every state. Defence and government staff can apply, and a private employee can too, with Form 60, if the company works in 4 or more states or union territories.

The format is YY BH #### XX, where YY is the year of first registration, the four digits are allotted at random, and XX represents the alphabetic series, which can be a single letter or two letters. It is black on a white plate, like any other private car.

Instead of Gujarat’s one-time tax, BH tax is paid every 2 years, and our Gujarat RTO guide has the rates.

Nothing here is special to Anand, since the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 set one set of forms for India, and Vahan or Sarathi take most of them online. The PDFs help when ARTO Anand wants paper.

Before you submit: For each service, the Parivahan Sewa website lists the documents needed and also links to every other RTO form.