Junagadh RTO: GJ-11 office, code, and road tax

The Gujarat code list gives Junagadh district the code GJ-11, and the Commissionerate of Transport, Gujarat titles its office a full Regional Transport Office (RTO) rather than an assistant one. Two codes seen on Junagadh roads, GJ-32 and GJ-25, come from neighbouring districts with offices of their own.

Take GJ 11 AB 1234 as an example of a plate issued in Junagadh. GJ marks a Gujarat registration, 11 is the code of the Junagadh RTO, AB is the letter series and 1234 is the four-digit number.

Worth knowing: Selling the car to a buyer in Rajkot, or moving with it to Veraval or anywhere else in the state, leaves the GJ-11 code as it is, and the code changes only if the car is re-registered outside Gujarat or its registration details are changed.

For sticker colours, plate features and the notifications behind the rule, see our Gujarat RTO guide.

Junagadh district appears on the Gujarat code list under GJ-11. Most mix-ups involve two neighbours: GJ-32 for Gir Somnath, whose office is in Veraval, and GJ-25 for Porbandar.

The Commissionerate of Transport, Gujarat titles its page for the office RTO Junagadh (GJ-11), which settles both the code and its status as a full Regional Transport Office. Gir Somnath is reported to have been carved out of Junagadh district on 15 August 2013, and it has registered its own vehicles under GJ-32 since then.

The GJ-11 office looks after registration, licences, ownership changes, address updates and road tax for owners with a Junagadh district address. Its code and status come from the Commissionerate of Transport, Gujarat. Where the office stands is known only from directory listings, so treat the address below as a guide.

Junagadh RTO office, GJ-11

Directories place the office near Majevadi Gate in Junagadh, a name they also write as Majevadi Darvaja, and both give the pincode 362001.

Worth knowing: An owner in Veraval or elsewhere in Gir Somnath registers at the GJ-32 office, not here. Driving tests and other slot-based services at the Junagadh office are booked on Sarathi first.

The office that registers your vehicle is the one for the address on your Registration Certificate, not the town where the showroom is. For an address in Junagadh district that is GJ-11. An official area-by-area list could not be confirmed, so the table shows districts only. To find the office that holds an existing car’s record, look it up on the Vahan portal.

Enter a registration such as GJ11AB1234 in the finder at the top of this page to see which office issued it. That office keeps the file, so later work on the car goes there as well.

Worth knowing: Moving house inside Gujarat, say from Junagadh to Veraval, leaves your number as it is. Only the address on the RC changes, and you should inform your insurer once it is updated.

A Junagadh buyer of a ₹6 lakh car therefore pays ₹36,000, exactly what a buyer at any other Gujarat office would pay for it.

RTO fees are national, so the GJ-11 office asks for exactly what the Porbandar or Amreli office does. They are paid on the Vahan portal, and on a new car the dealer pays them when filing the registration.

Worked example: Financing a new car in Junagadh means ₹600 to register it, ₹200 for the smart card RC and ₹1,500 to have the loan noted, so ₹2,300 goes to the RTO before any Gujarat road tax is added.

When a GJ-11 car reaches 15 years, re-registering it for another 5 years costs ₹5,000, rising to ₹10,000 beyond 20 years. Miss that renewal and Rule 81 adds a late fee of ₹500 a month for a car, though only ₹300 a month for a motorcycle.

A new car bought in Junagadh is registered by the dealer on Vahan, and the office that approves it is the one for the buyer’s address. A buyer living in Junagadh district receives a GJ-11 number, while a Veraval buyer at the same showroom receives GJ-32.

When a GJ-11 car is sold, the Junagadh office that holds its record changes the owner, whether the papers go in on Vahan or at the counter. The seller files Form 29, seller and buyer both sign Form 30, and the fee for a car is ₹300.

A bank loan still shown on the RC (hypothecation) is cleared first with Form 35 and the lender’s No Objection Certificate (NOC), at no fee. The rest of the process is in our Gujarat RTO guide.

A Junagadh owner rarely needs to queue for paperwork now. Vehicle jobs go through the Vahan portal and licence jobs through the Sarathi portal, and the GJ-11 office then deals with what you file.

Duplicate RC and RC status check in Junagadh

A GJ-11 RC that is lost or damaged is replaced through a duplicate application on Form 26, at ₹300 for a car. To see the record as it stands, check your RC status on Kiwi Insurance.

Driving licence services in Junagadh

A first learner’s licence is applied for on Sarathi, where the test slot is also booked before the visit to the office. Other services online are listed in our Gujarat RTO guide.

Driving in Junagadh with a lapsed or missing policy is an offence under section 196 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, fined ₹2,000 when first caught and ₹4,000 for any later offence.

Pay the amount on the challan itself, on echallan.parivahan.gov.in or in mParivahan. Other offences are listed in our Gujarat RTO guide.

A car registered elsewhere in Gujarat keeps its plate when its owner settles in Junagadh. Bring one in from outside Gujarat, though, and section 47 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 requires a GJ registration after the car has stayed in the state beyond 12 months.

If you are leaving Gujarat, the order reverses: The Junagadh office issues the NOC on Form 28, and the car is then registered in your new state.

Worth knowing: After a move from another state, inform your insurer twice, once for the new address and again when the GJ-11 number is issued. The forms are covered in our Gujarat RTO guide.

A Bharat (BH) series number suits a Junagadh owner whose job moves between states. It is valid everywhere and needs no No Objection Certificate (NOC) at the next transfer. Eligible owners include defence and government staff, plus private employees of a firm with offices in 4 or more states or union territories, who need Form 60 from that employer.

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.

BH tax is paid every 2 years instead of Gujarat’s one-time charge, and the rates are in our Gujarat RTO guide.

The Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 set these forms for all of India, and filling them in on Vahan or Sarathi is now the normal route. Keep the PDF for the occasions when the Junagadh office still wants paper.

Before you submit: The Parivahan Sewa website lists the documents each service needs and has every other RTO form.