Baramati RTO MH-42: The Deputy RTO on Bhigwan Road

Baramati has a Deputy Regional Transport Office (Deputy RTO) of its own, code MH-42, at the MIDC Circle on Bhigwan Road. It is the one Deputy RTO the department places under the Pune RTO, yet it issues its own code rather than Pune’s MH-12.

Look at MH 42 AB 1234 one block at a time. MH is the state code for Maharashtra, 42 is the Baramati Deputy RTO, AB is the letter series and 1234 is the four-digit number that tells one vehicle from the rest of its series.

Worth knowing: MH-42 is not a Pune plate, even though the Baramati office reports to the Pune RTO. A car registered here keeps MH-42 if its owner later lives in Pune or Solapur, and the code changes only if the car is re-registered outside Maharashtra or its registration details are changed.

Baramati cars registered on or after 1 April 2019 were handed over with a High Security Registration Plate (HSRP) already on them, and the Maharashtra transport department confirms that such owners do not need to apply again.

Worth knowing: An older MH-42 car can be booked in through the portal named on the Maharashtra transport department website, where the due date for each vehicle is shown. Centres fit the plate with no extra fitment charge, and fitting at your home costs more. Our Maharashtra RTO guide gives the state-wide plate rules.

MH-42 is the only code Baramati issues. People mix it up with MH-12, the code of its parent office in Pune, and with MH-45, which belongs to Akluj, an office for another part of Solapur district across the border.

Akluj is a Deputy RTO under the Solapur RTO, in Malshiras taluka, so an MH-45 plate was issued in Solapur district and not at Baramati.

Baramati’s office is the Deputy RTO at Vidya Nagari Corner by the MIDC Circle, and the regional offices page, the 2026 address list and the organisation chart all describe it the same way. Opening hours for the Bhigwan Road office could not be confirmed from an official source, so check with the office before you set out.

Baramati Deputy RTO, MH-42

On the organisation chart the office comes under the Pune RTO, but it issues a code of its own, so an MH-42 registration is made at Bhigwan Road and not at Sangam Bridge.

Worth knowing: On the department’s organisation chart, Baramati is the only Deputy RTO under the Pune RTO. Pimpri Chinchwad, the other office in the district, is not under Pune at all and issues MH-14.

In numbers: The Baramati Deputy RTO counted 6,07,815 vehicles on its records on 31 March 2025, 77,472 of them cars, and added 35,346 newly registered vehicles over 2024-25.

Whichever office you use is set by the address on your Registration Certificate (RC). There is no published area list for MH-42, so the talukas below come from one directory and are worth confirming at Bhigwan Road.

Worth knowing: An Indapur address is in Pune district, and the directory puts it with Baramati (MH-42), not with Akluj (MH-45), which serves an area of Solapur district.

Put any registration number into the finder at the top of this page and it returns the issuing office, which is where that vehicle’s records are kept.

Changing homes within Maharashtra leaves the MH-42 number untouched, though the RC needs the new address and your insurer needs to be informed.

For example: A family in Baramati buying a ₹6 lakh petrol car pays 11%, so ₹66,000, before a road safety cess that comes on top of the tax. Reports put the cess at 2%; confirm what Vahan charges.

RTO fees are fixed for the whole country, so Baramati charges an MH-42 owner what the Pune RTO charges for MH-12 work. They are paid on the Vahan portal, and when you buy a new car the dealer pays them inside the on-road price.

For example: Register a loan-financed new car at Bhigwan Road and the RTO’s share is ₹2,300, before road tax: ₹600 registration, ₹200 smart card RC and ₹1,500 hypothecation.

An MH-42 car of 15 pays ₹5,000 when its registration is renewed, and a car older than 20 pays ₹10,000. Late renewals cost ₹500 extra per month for cars and ₹300 per month for motorcycles.

Separate from these fees are the HSRP, the Maharashtra road tax and any service charge the state adds.

Filed by the dealer on Vahan, approved at the office for your address

In Baramati, as anywhere in Maharashtra, the dealer registers a new car on Vahan and the office for the buyer’s address approves it. A buyer from Daund or Indapur who shops in Pune should still expect MH-42 if, as the directory says, those talukas come under Baramati.

To sell an MH-42 car, transfer it at the Baramati office or on the Vahan portal. The paperwork is Form 29 from the seller and Form 30 with both signatures, and Baramati charges ₹300 per car or ₹150 per motorcycle.

Insurance has its own deadline. Counting from the transfer, the new owner of a Baramati car is allowed 14 days to move the policy across.

Removing a loan (hypothecation) from a Baramati RC

After the final instalment, send Form 35 and the lender’s No Objection Certificate (NOC) through Vahan, and the RC is reissued without the lender, with no fee to pay. Each document needed is set out in our Maharashtra RTO guide.

Use the Vahan portal for MH-42 vehicle work and the Sarathi portal for licences, and the request reaches the Baramati office when your RC address is in its area. In Maharashtra the learner licence test is online, with Aadhaar authentication, so you need not travel to Bhigwan Road to take it.

Duplicate RC and RC status check in Baramati

Lost or damaged your MH-42 RC? Apply for a duplicate on Form 26 and pay the amount in the fees table. The status of any MH number is a click away on the Kiwi Insurance RC status check.

Driving licence services in Baramati

Licence applications and driving test slots are booked on Sarathi, and the test is taken in person at your office. For more online services, see our Maharashtra RTO guide.

An MH-42 challan can be looked up and paid on echallan.parivahan.gov.in or in mParivahan by entering the vehicle number. The amount for each offence appears on the challan.

Other offences and their fines appear in our Maharashtra RTO guide.

Bringing a car from Pune, Mumbai or another Maharashtra office? The MH number stays, and only the RC address changes. Plates from outside Maharashtra are different, as section 47 calls for an MH number after 12 months in the state.

If you are leaving Maharashtra, the same steps apply in reverse: Ask the Baramati office for the NOC on Form 28, which carries no RTO fee, and then register the car in your new state.

Worth knowing: Our Maharashtra RTO guide has the forms for every step.

Someone in Baramati who expects to be posted outside Maharashtra can ask the dealer for a Bharat series (BH) number rather than MH-42. Moving the car to another state later then needs no NOC and no re-registration.

A private company employee qualifies when the company works from 4 or more states or union territories and signs Form 60 for the Baramati dealer. 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.

Read our Maharashtra RTO guide for eligibility and the tax every 2 years.

Vahan and Sarathi now start most Baramati RTO tasks online, and the PDF is available if an office still needs a paper form. Submit it at Bhigwan Road.

Our Maharashtra RTO guide explains which task needs which form, and anything missing here is in the list of RTO forms on the Parivahan Sewa website.

Your Own Damage premium depends on the zone of the registering office. Baramati is in Zone B: The tariff’s Zone A list names Pune and Mumbai, not Baramati, so an MH-42 car is usually cheaper to cover for Own Damage than an MH-12 car, even though the office reports to Pune.

How insurance links to the Baramati RTO

The Baramati office registers a new car only after a valid policy is shown. On a sale, the RC is transferred first, and the buyer has 14 days to move the policy across. After any change of number or address, inform your insurer.

Worth knowing: Moving to Pune does not move an MH-42 car into Zone A. It stays rated as a Baramati registration until it is re-registered.