Rajkot RTO: GJ-03 office, areas, and road tax

Rajkot’s Regional Transport Office (RTO) uses the code GJ-03. The Commissionerate of Transport, Gujarat titles the office page RTO Rajkot (GJ-3), and directories list no second office inside the city.

Take GJ 03 AB 1234 as a Rajkot example. Read left to right: GJ for Gujarat, then 03 for the Rajkot office, then AB, a letter series, and finally 1234, the four-digit number.

Worth knowing: Sell a GJ-03 car to a buyer in Jamnagar, or move with it to Vadodara, and the plate keeps 03, since a Rajkot code changes only if the car is re-registered outside Gujarat or its registration details are changed.

New cars delivered by Rajkot dealers since 1 April 2019 arrive with the High Security Registration Plate (HSRP) already fitted. Older GJ-03 vehicles need one fitted as well, as Rule 50 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 requires.

Booking: A Rajkot owner books the installation on the booking portal named on the Commissionerate of Transport, Gujarat website, which also shows the date for GJ vehicles. Plate features and stickers are on our Gujarat RTO guide.

Rajkot’s code is GJ-03. The districts around it register their own vehicles, and the second table lists the codes people most often take for Rajkot ones.

Both the number and the office type are confirmed by the office page title the Commissionerate of Transport, Gujarat uses: RTO Rajkot (GJ-3).

Registrations, licences, transfers and road tax for Rajkot addresses all go through the GJ-03 office. Its name and code are official, but the street details come from directories, so check them before you travel.

Rajkot RTO office, GJ-03

Two directories place the office near the Marketing Yard, and one of them adds Porbandar Highway. These are listings rather than an official address, so check the location with the office before you go.

The address on your Registration Certificate (RC) decides the office, not the showroom. For a Rajkot city address that is GJ-03, the code directories give for the whole city. An RC address in Morbi, Surendranagar or Jamnagar district belongs to that district’s own office.

Already own the car? Type its number, for example GJ03AB1234, into the finder at the top of the page to see the office that registered it.

Worth knowing: A move across Rajkot, or from Rajkot to any other Gujarat city, keeps the same number. Only the RC address changes, and your insurer should hear about it.

Rajkot pays the Gujarat rate with nothing added for the city, so a ₹6 lakh car in a single name comes to ₹36,000 here, as it would in Jamnagar.

These fees are national, so the Rajkot office charges what the Morbi or Jamnagar offices do. Payment goes through the Vahan portal, and on a brand-new car it is the dealer who settles it.

Worked example: A Rajkot family financing a new hatchback pays ₹600 for registration plus ₹200 for the smart card, and the bank’s loan adds ₹1,500 more. Total RTO fees, ₹2,300. Road tax is separate.

When a GJ-03 car turns 15, renewing its registration for five more years costs ₹5,000, and ₹10,000 once it is past 20. Renewing after the due date adds ₹500 for each month on a car and ₹300 a month on a motorcycle.

When you buy a new car in Rajkot, the dealer submits the registration on Vahan and the GJ-03 office approves it for a Rajkot address. If your address is in Morbi district, the car gets GJ-36 instead, even from a Rajkot showroom.

A loan still noted on the RC (hypothecation) comes off first, with the bank’s No Objection Certificate (NOC) and Form 35, at no fee. Each step is covered in full on our Gujarat RTO guide.

Rajkot owners handle most vehicle work on the Vahan portal and licence work on the Sarathi portal. Whatever is filed online for a Rajkot address is processed by the GJ-03 office.

Duplicate RC and RC status check in Rajkot

For a lost or damaged RC, apply for a duplicate on Form 26, which costs ₹300 for a car. You can also check your RC status on Kiwi Insurance to see the record for a GJ-03 number.

Driving licence services in Rajkot

Learners in Rajkot start on Sarathi; the same portal gives the test slot, and the test itself is taken at the office. Anything else a licence holder needs is on our Gujarat RTO guide.

Section 196 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 fines an uninsured GJ-03 driver ₹2,000 the first time; a second offence costs ₹4,000.

Pay the amount printed on a Rajkot challan on echallan.parivahan.gov.in or in the mParivahan app. Other fines are on our Gujarat RTO guide.

A car brought from Ahmedabad or Vadodara needs only a new address on its RC. Plates from another state are different. Section 47 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 gives such a car 12 months in Gujarat, after which it must carry a GJ number.

If you are leaving Gujarat, the same steps apply in reverse: Rajkot gives the NOC, on Form 28, before an RTO in the other state takes over the car.

Worth knowing: Inform your insurer twice when a car from another state is re-registered in Rajkot, once for the new address and again when the GJ-03 number is issued. Forms and fees are on our Gujarat RTO guide.

A Rajkot owner likely to be posted to another state can choose the Bharat (BH) series, which is valid across India, so the next move needs no No Objection Certificate (NOC). It is open to defence and government staff, and to private employees whose employer has offices in 4 or more states or union territories, with Form 60.

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 the one-time Gujarat charge, BH tax is paid every 2 years. See our Gujarat RTO guide for the rates.

These national forms come from the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, and Vahan or Sarathi now fills most of them online. Keep a PDF for when the GJ-03 office wants paper.

Before you submit: The Parivahan Sewa website lists the papers each form needs, and links to the rest of the RTO forms.