Pen MH-06 RTO: the Raigad Deputy RTO under Panvel

Raigad district registers vehicles under two codes, and Pen holds MH-06. It is a Deputy Regional Transport Office (RTO) that reports to the Panvel RTO (MH-46), so searching for a “Raigad RTO” can lead to either office.

Look at a Pen plate such as MH 06 AB 1234 from the left. MH means a Maharashtra registration, the 06 points to the Pen office in Raigad, AB is the letter series, and 1234 is the four-digit number.

Worth knowing: A car first registered at Pen keeps MH-06 even if its later owners live in Panvel, Pune or Nagpur, as the code marks the office of first registration. Moving within Maharashtra never alters it, and the MH-06 code changes only when the car is re-registered outside Maharashtra or its registration details are changed.

If your MH-06 car was registered on or after 1 April 2019, its High Security Registration Plate (HSRP) came fitted by the dealer, and Maharashtra does not ask you to apply again.

Owners of older Pen and Raigad cars book the installation on the booking portal named on the Maharashtra transport department website, where the MH-06 date is also given. At a fitment centre there is no extra fitment charge, but fitting at your home costs more. For who must change plates and how, turn to our Maharashtra RTO guide.

MH-06 is the only code issued at Pen, yet it is not the only Raigad code. Panvel registers under MH-46 in the same district, and as Pen’s parent office it also supervises the Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg offices further down the Konkan.

Worth knowing: “Raigad RTO” is not one office. A Raigad car can carry MH-06 from Pen or MH-46 from Panvel, so look at the two digits on the plate rather than the district name.

The Regional Offices page lists the Pen office on the Pen-Khopoli Road at Utkarsha Nagar. Another official address list gives a different site in Pen, so confirm which building is in use before you travel.

Pen RTO office, MH-06

Pen is a Deputy RTO rather than a full Regional Transport Office. It registers vehicles and runs licence work for its part of Raigad, while the Panvel RTO above it oversees the deputy offices at Pen, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg.

Pen handles registrations for the parts of Raigad district that are not handled by Panvel. No taluka list for either office appears on the transport department’s pages, so the dealer’s Vahan application is the surest guide to which one takes your car.

For a second-hand Raigad car, the code on the RC tells you whether Pen or Panvel registered it. Enter the number in the finder at the top of this page to see the office.

Worth knowing: Two cars from the same Raigad town can carry different codes if they were first registered at different offices or bought second-hand from elsewhere. The plate shows the first office, not where the car lives now.

On a ₹6 lakh petrol car registered at Pen, that is ₹66,000. A road safety cess is added on the tax, reported as 2%, and Vahan shows the exact sum.

Whether your car goes to Pen or to Panvel, the RTO fees are the same, as they are set for all of India. They are paid on the Vahan portal, and a dealer selling a new car includes them in the on-road price.

For example: Register a new car at Pen with a bank loan on it and the RTO fees come to ₹2,300, before any road tax: ₹600 for the registration, ₹200 for the smart card RC and ₹1,500 to note the hypothecation.

Keeping an MH-06 car past 15 years means a ₹5,000 renewal, and past 20 years a ₹10,000 one. Pen adds ₹500 for every month a car’s renewal is overdue, or ₹300 for a motorcycle.

Road tax, the number plate and any state service charge are billed separately from these Pen fees.

Your dealer files on Vahan, and the office for your Raigad address approves it

A new car is registered by the dealer on Vahan, and the application is approved by the Raigad office for your address, Pen or Panvel. That is how two buyers at the same showroom can drive out with MH-06 and MH-46 numbers.

An MH-06 car changes hands through the Pen office or on Vahan. Form 29 is the seller’s notice, Form 30 is signed by both sides with Form 29 attached, and Pen charges ₹300 for a car or ₹150 for a motorcycle.

The buyer must also move the insurance into their name within 14 days.

Ending a loan (hypothecation) on an MH-06 RC

When the loan is cleared, send Form 35 and the bank’s No Objection Certificate (NOC) through Vahan, and the Pen office reissues the RC without the lender, free. Each step’s papers are in our Maharashtra RTO guide.

The Vahan portal handles vehicle work and the Sarathi portal handles licences, and both pass an MH-06 application to Pen. The learner licence test in Maharashtra is taken online with Aadhaar authentication, so it needs no visit at all.

Duplicate RC and RC status check in Pen

If an MH-06 RC is lost, stolen or damaged, apply on Form 26 and pay the fee shown in the fees table. Use the Kiwi Insurance RC status check to see the status of any number.

Driving licence services in Pen

Licence applications and renewals start on Sarathi, while the driving test is taken in person at Pen. Our Maharashtra RTO guide lists the remaining services.

Check for challans against an MH-06 number on echallan.parivahan.gov.in or the mParivahan app. Each challan shows what is due, and you can pay it there.

The longer list of fines for MH vehicles is in our Maharashtra RTO guide.

Moving to Pen from Panvel, Pune or another part of Maharashtra, keep your MH number and update the RC address. A car registered in another state has to be re-registered once it has spent more than 12 months in Maharashtra.

If you are leaving Maharashtra with an MH-06 car, ask Pen for the Form 28 NOC first. There is no fee for it, and the car is re-registered in the state you move to.

Worth knowing: Each step of an interstate move is explained in our Maharashtra RTO guide.

Is a job transfer to another state likely? At the Pen showroom, a Bharat series (BH) number can be requested in place of MH-06. With BH, a posting outside Maharashtra needs no new registration and no No Objection Certificate (NOC).

In a private company, the employer must have offices in 4 or more states or union territories and sign Form 60 for the 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.

Who is eligible, and the tax for each 2-year period, are covered in our Maharashtra RTO guide.

Nearly every task now begins on the Vahan portal or the Sarathi portal. Print a form only if the Pen counter wants paper, and send it to the office whose code is on the RC.

Our Maharashtra RTO guide covers when each form applies. Forms not shown are in the complete list on the Parivahan Sewa website.

How insurance links to the Pen RTO

Without a valid policy on file, the MH-06 office does not register a new car. In a sale, the RC transfer comes first and the policy follows within 14 days. If the number or the address on the RC changes, inform your insurer so the two documents agree.