Ahilyanagar (Ahmednagar): MH 16 RTO office and Shrirampur

Ahilyanagar is the new name of Ahmednagar, and its Regional Transport Office (RTO) still issues MH-16, as it did before the change. The district’s second code, MH-17, belongs to the Deputy RTO at Shrirampur, and the two offices carry almost the same number of vehicles on their books.

Every Ahilyanagar number, MH 16 AB 1234 for example, is made of four pieces. The first, MH, tells you the state is Maharashtra; 16 marks the district RTO in Ahilyanagar; AB is the letter series; 1234 is the four-digit number. A plate with 17 in place of 16 was issued at Shrirampur, in the same district.

Worth knowing: The renaming did not touch existing plates, so a car registered as Ahmednagar MH-16 years ago carries the same number today. Its code stays the same anywhere in Maharashtra and changes only if the car is re-registered outside Maharashtra or its registration details are changed.

A High Security Registration Plate (HSRP) came factory-fitted on every new MH-16 and MH-17 car from 1 April 2019, and the Maharashtra transport department does not ask those owners to apply again.

Owners of earlier Ahilyanagar or Shrirampur cars book the installation on the booking portal named on the Maharashtra transport department website, and the date for their vehicle is shown there. A fitment centre does the job at no added charge, while doorstep fitting costs extra. Every other plate rule appears in our Maharashtra RTO guide.

MH-16 and MH-17 are the only two codes issued in Ahilyanagar district. Seven districts border it, and the second table gives their codes so that a Nashik or Pune plate is not mistaken for a local one.

Shrirampur, the office behind MH-17, is a Deputy RTO answering to Ahilyanagar. It is a code for its own group of talukas, not a second office for Ahilyanagar city.

The district has two registering offices of nearly equal size. The RTO in Ahilyanagar handles MH-16, and the Deputy RTO at Shrirampur handles MH-17. The hours of the MH-16 and MH-17 offices could not be confirmed from an official source, so ask the office itself before making the trip.

Ahilyanagar RTO office, MH-16

The transport department’s own lists do not agree on where this office is, so confirm the location before you travel. Its regional offices page gives the address below and still calls the office a Deputy RTO, while the department’s newer lists name it a Regional Transport Office.

Shrirampur Deputy RTO office, MH-17

Shrirampur is the one Deputy RTO under Ahilyanagar, and on 31 March 2025 it had slightly more vehicles on its register than the main office, 10,40,525 against 10,38,350. Neither office runs a border check post.

Ahilyanagar district has 14 talukas, and one directory divides them seven and seven between the two offices. That split could not be confirmed from an official list, so treat it as a guide and confirm with the office for your address.

The finder at the top of the page reads a registration number and tells you which office registered the vehicle and keeps its record.

Moving from Sangamner to Ahilyanagar city, for instance, means a new address on the Registration Certificate (RC), and you inform your insurer, while the MH-17 number itself carries on.

MH-16 and MH-17 cars pay the Maharashtra road tax, a one-time charge collected at first registration. It is a percentage of the car’s cost, set by fuel and price band, and the renaming of the district changed none of it.

An Ahilyanagar example: On a ₹6 lakh petrol hatchback registered at MH-16, the 11% rate means ₹66,000 in road tax. A road safety cess is levied on that tax as well, reported as 2%; confirm the amount on Vahan.

The revised rates reportedly took effect on 1 July 2025. Two-wheeler rates and the remaining rules are on our Maharashtra RTO guide.

An MH-17 car pays Shrirampur exactly what an MH-16 car pays Ahilyanagar, and what a Nashik car pays its own office, as these fees are fixed for the whole country. The Vahan portal collects them, and the dealer covers them inside a new car’s on-road price.

For instance: Someone in Ahilyanagar city who buys a new car with a bank loan pays the MH-16 office ₹2,300 in all, that is ₹600 to register, ₹200 for the smart card RC and ₹1,500 for the loan entry, with road tax charged separately.

At 15 years, renewing that registration costs ₹5,000; past 20, ₹10,000. Renewing late costs an extra ₹500 per month for a car and ₹300 per month for a motorcycle.

Expect the HSRP, the Maharashtra road tax and any service charge the state levies to be billed apart from this table.

Selling an MH-16 or MH-17 car? The transfer goes through the office named on its RC, and starts on Vahan. With Form 29 the seller notifies the sale, with Form 30 both sides apply for the change, and the RTO collects ₹300 for a car or ₹150 for a motorcycle.

From the transfer date, the buyer has 14 days to shift the policy into their name.

Taking a loan (hypothecation) off an Ahilyanagar RC

Once the bank is paid off, it issues a No Objection Certificate (NOC); upload that with Form 35 on Vahan and the loan entry is removed at no cost. For the papers each step needs, use our Maharashtra RTO guide.

Online work for Ahilyanagar district starts on the Vahan portal for vehicles and on the Sarathi portal for licences, whether the papers say MH-16 or MH-17. Each request is then dealt with by the office on those papers.

Duplicate RC and RC status for Ahilyanagar cars

Lost the RC? A duplicate is applied for on Form 26 through the issuing office, at the cost shown in the fees table. The Kiwi Insurance RC status check returns the record for an MH-16 or MH-17 number.

Driving licence work in Ahilyanagar

Licence requests go in on Sarathi, and the driving test is held at the MH-16 or MH-17 office for your taluka. Anything else you can do online is set out in our Maharashtra RTO guide.

Pending challans on an MH-16 or MH-17 vehicle show up when you search its number on echallan.parivahan.gov.in or in mParivahan, with the offence, the amount and an option to pay.

What the law charges for every other offence is on our Maharashtra RTO guide.

Coming from Nashik, Pune or anywhere else in Maharashtra, your MH plate stays and only the RC address needs changing. A car from another state is a different case, as it must take an MH number after more than 12 months of being kept in Maharashtra.

If you are leaving Maharashtra, the same steps apply in reverse: Request the NOC on Form 28 from Ahilyanagar or Shrirampur, whichever is on your RC, free of charge, and register the car in the new state under that state’s rules.

Worth knowing: A changed number or a new address on the RC is the moment to inform your insurer, so both papers read alike. Our Maharashtra RTO guide gives the complete list of papers.

If a transferable job is likely, an Ahilyanagar buyer can take a Bharat series (BH) number from the dealer in place of MH-16 or MH-17, so a future posting to Gujarat or Karnataka involves no No Objection Certificate (NOC) and no new registration.

For a private sector job, Form 60 from the employer is the proof, and the employer must have offices 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.

Our Maharashtra RTO guide explains eligibility and the BH road tax.

Ahilyanagar and Shrirampur take most of these online, through the Vahan portal or the Sarathi portal. A printed copy is needed only if your office asks for paper.

Our Maharashtra RTO guide says when each form applies, and every other RTO form is on the Parivahan Sewa website.

How insurance links to the Ahilyanagar RTO

Without valid insurance, neither office will register a new car. When the car is sold, the RC goes to the buyer first, who then has 14 days to bring the policy across. Should a re-registration bring a new number, inform your insurer, and keep the RC and the policy showing the same details.

Worth knowing: Zone B stays with an MH-16 or MH-17 car even if its owner moves to Pune, until the car is registered there again. A change of address still means you inform your insurer.