KR Puram RTO: KA-53 address and areas in east Bengaluru

Here is how the four parts of KA 53 AB 1234 break down for a car from this office. KA names Karnataka, 53 names the KR Puram office, the letters AB give the series, and 1234 is the four-digit number.

Worth knowing: The 53 records where the car was first registered, not where it is parked today, so the plate stays as it is when an owner moves from Whitefield to Jayanagar. Settling anywhere else in the state later makes no difference to the 53 on a KR Puram car, which changes only if the car is re-registered outside Karnataka or its registration details are changed.

Every KA-53 car first registered on or after 1 April 2019 has carried its High Security Registration Plate (HSRP) since delivery, as the dealer puts it on.

An older KR Puram car still needs the plate installed. Plates for older KA-53 cars are booked online rather than at Old Madras Road, and the Karnataka Transport Department website names the booking portal, sends owners on to the SIAM site and shows the date for each vehicle. Stickers and the other plate rules are on our Karnataka RTO guide.

KR Puram works with a single code, KA-53. East Bengaluru owners still mix it up with KA-03, the Bengaluru East office, and with KA-61, a code that directories give for Marathahalli.

Worth knowing: No office for KA-61 appears in the department’s 2021-22 office list, so a Marathahalli owner should go by the code printed on the RC rather than by a directory listing.

Directories agree that the KR Puram office is on Old Madras Road but not on the exact spot. Most give 345/4, Bhattarahalli, while one gives 166 Old Madras Road, Hosabasavanapura, so confirm the address before you travel.

Much of this now starts online. Karnataka has offered contactless services since 1 November 2021, so check on Vahan whether your task needs a trip to Old Madras Road at all.

What the KR Puram RTO does not handle

Autorickshaw permits and KSRTC or BMTC vehicles belong to the KA-57 office, not this one. The city keeps its two automated driving test tracks at Jnanabharathi (KA-41) and Electronic City (KA-51), so book the test on Sarathi and check where the slot is before you set off.

No official street-by-street list for KA-53 is available, so read the areas below as a guide. The office name points to KR Puram itself, and the department’s 2021-22 annual report associates this office with the Whitefield side of the city.

Worth knowing: Each of these places has an office of its own, but which office takes a particular street is not published, so check your address on Vahan or with the dealer before the papers for a new car are filed.

The KA-53 office collects the Karnataka lifetime road tax, paid once when the car is first registered, at the same rate as every other office in the state. The car’s cost and whether it is electric decide the band, and a car owned by an individual pays the same rate as one owned by a company.

Fees at the KA-53 office follow the national schedule, which means Old Madras Road asks the same amount for each task as Kasturinagar does. They are paid on the Vahan portal, and on a new car the dealer settles them inside the on-road price.

For example: A KA-53 car bought on a loan pays ₹2,300 in RTO fees at registration, made up of ₹600 for the registration, ₹200 for the smart card RC and ₹1,500 to record the loan, with road tax on top.

Once a Whitefield car turns 15, renewing its registration costs ₹5,000, rising to ₹10,000 after 20 years. Renew late and the charge mounts by ₹500 a month on a car, or by ₹300 a month on a motorcycle.

Picking a choice number adds to the bill. In the department’s 2021-22 annual report a running-series number is ₹20,000 and an advance-series number ₹75,000, and advance series may be auctioned instead.

The HSRP plate and the Karnataka road tax with its cess are paid apart from these fees.

The dealer files on Vahan, and an address in the KA-53 area brings the file to KR Puram

Buy a car anywhere in Bengaluru, and if your address falls in the KR Puram area the registration goes to this office and the car gets a KA-53 number. Where the showroom stands does not decide it.

A used car with KA-53 on its RC is transferred by the KR Puram office, whatever part of the city the buyer lives in. The application starts on Vahan. The seller signs Form 29, seller and buyer both sign Form 30, and KR Puram charges ₹300 for a car or ₹150 for a motorcycle.

The new owner then gets 14 days to switch the policy over from the seller.

Removing a loan (hypothecation) at KR Puram RTO

After the last instalment, send Form 35 with the lender’s No Objection Certificate (NOC) for the KA-53 RC, and no RTO fee is charged. Our Karnataka RTO guide lists what to file at each stage.

For a KA-53 car, vehicle tasks begin on the Vahan portal and licence tasks on the Sarathi portal. Karnataka’s contactless services, running since 1 November 2021, put 18 Vahan and 15 Sarathi services online with no office visit.

Duplicate RC and RC status check for KR Puram

If a KA-53 RC goes missing, apply for a duplicate on Form 26 and pay the fee in the fees table. The Kiwi Insurance RC status check shows what an RC records.

Driving licence services for KR Puram

Licence applications go on Sarathi or through a Bangalore One or Karnataka One centre, and the automated tests run at Jnanabharathi and Electronic City. The Bengaluru RTO guide lists every city office.

Fines on a KA-53 car are not paid at the Old Madras Road office. Look the number up on echallan.parivahan.gov.in or in the mParivahan app, where pending challans can be paid.

These come from the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, as amended in 2019, and the full list is on our Karnataka RTO guide.

A car from elsewhere in Karnataka keeps its number when its owner settles in KR Puram, and only the RC address changes. A car from another state owes Karnataka tax once it has stayed in the state for more than 30 days, and it needs a KA number once it has been kept here for more than 12 months.

If you are leaving Karnataka, apply to KR Puram for the NOC on Form 28 before the move. A car that leaves may get back part of its lifetime tax under the state Act, so ask KR Puram how that refund is claimed. More on moves is in our Karnataka RTO guide.

If your job could take you to another state, ask the dealer to apply for a Bharat series (BH) number instead of KA-53, and a later move needs no No Objection Certificate (NOC).

Form 60 comes from your employer if you work in the private sector, and that employer must have offices in at least 4 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.

Our Karnataka RTO guide explains eligibility and the tax a BH car pays.

Most of these forms are now filled in online through Vahan or Sarathi. Download the PDF only if KR Puram asks for a paper copy.

Other forms are in the full list on the Parivahan Sewa website, and our Karnataka RTO guide says when each is used.

How insurance links to the KR Puram RTO

KR Puram registers no car without valid cover. Whenever the office records a new owner, a new address or a new number on a KA-53 RC, inform your insurer so that the policy matches it.