Kukatpally RTO: TG-08 KPHB unit office of Medchal district

A Kukatpally car such as TG 08 AB 1234 shows TG for Telangana, then 08, the Medchal code that directories list for this unit office. AB is the series, and 1234 makes up the four-digit number.

Worth knowing: The 08 does not tell you which Medchal office issued the plate, as directories list the same number for Uppal, Jeedimetla and Kukatpally. Plates from before 2024 read TS 08, and a later move across the city leaves the number as it is, since the code changes only if the car is re-registered outside Telangana or its registration details are changed.

New cars reaching Kukatpally owners since 1 April 2019 have had the High Security Registration Plate (HSRP) put on before handover. A car registered before then has to get it installed.

Book through the portal that the Telangana transport department website names, and look up your car’s date there; our Telangana RTO guide covers the stickers and the other plate rules.

Kukatpally has no code of its own in any official list. Directories put it under TG-08, formerly TS-08, with the other Medchal offices, while Kondapur and Gachibowli on the Rangareddy side are listed as TG-07.

The Citizens’ Charter lists RTA Unit Office Kukatpally at Phase-IV, KPHB, on the Balanagar side of Kukatpally, and gives no pincode for it. It is a unit office rather than a full RTA, run under a Motor Vehicles Inspector, with Kukatpally as the only area on its list.

These hours come from the department’s 2017 charter, so check before you go, and aim to arrive well ahead of the 2:00 pm application cut-off.

The charter does not list the services of the unit office on their own. If the Kukatpally office does not handle your task, it goes to RTA Medchal on Medchal Road, Phase-1, Dandamudi Enclave, Jeedimetla, Hyderabad 500055.

What the Kukatpally RTO does not handle

Driving tests are not conducted at KPHB. The department names Nagole as the Hyderabad driving test track, and Sarathi shows the centre when you book. For a new car, the dealer files the registration on Vahan before anything reaches an office.

The charter gives the unit office a single area, Kukatpally. Neighbouring localities are split between a Medchal office, a Rangareddy office and the Hyderabad Central Zone, as the tables show.

Worth knowing: There is no Kondapur RTO in the department’s directory or charter. Kondapur is part of Serilingampally, which the charter gives to the Rangareddy DTO at Upparpally, so a Kondapur car does not come to Kukatpally.

There is no Kukatpally rate. A car registered here pays the Telangana life tax, once, on its price, with higher bands for cars owned by companies or bought as a second personal vehicle.

From 1 March 2026 a new car also pays a one-off road safety cess of ₹5,000. News in February 2026 said the extra rate for second vehicles was to go, yet the order still carries it, so check on Vahan before paying. Bands for two-wheelers can be found on our Telangana RTO guide.

A unit office charges no more and no less than an RTA. The national fees apply in Kukatpally too, paid on the Vahan portal or, for a new car, through the dealer.

For example: Taking a car loan on a new car registered to a KPHB address costs ₹2,300 in RTO fees, made of the ₹600 registration fee, ₹200 for the smart card RC and ₹1,500 to enter the hypothecation, with life tax charged on top.

A Kukatpally car reaching 15 years renews for ₹5,000, or ₹10,000 after 20 years; if the renewal is late, ₹500 is added for each month, ₹300 for a motorcycle.

The number plate, the life tax, the road safety cess and any other state service charge are paid in addition.

Selling a Kukatpally car means a transfer through the Medchal office that registered it. On Vahan, upload the seller’s Form 29 and a Form 30 that buyer and seller have both signed; the transfer fee is ₹300, or ₹150 on a motorcycle.

Within 14 days, the person buying should take the insurance into their own name.

Removing a loan (hypothecation) at Kukatpally RTO

Once the loan is repaid, submit Form 35 and the bank’s No Objection Certificate (NOC) to end the hypothecation; there is no RTO fee for this, though a state service charge can apply. Our Telangana RTO guide lists what each step asks for.

Kukatpally owners begin vehicle tasks on the Vahan portal, which Telangana adopted on 23 March 2026, and licence tasks on the Sarathi portal. A visit to KPHB or Jeedimetla is needed only where the papers or the car must be seen.

Duplicate RC and RC status check for Kukatpally

A duplicate is applied for on Form 26 at the fee in the fees table. Run the Kiwi Insurance RC status check to view the record of a TG-08 or TS-08 car.

Driving licence services for Kukatpally

Kukatpally learners apply on Sarathi and take the test at the centre it names. Other offices are on our Hyderabad RTO guide.

Challans cannot be paid at the KPHB unit office. Look them up and pay them by number on echallan.parivahan.gov.in or through mParivahan.

Fines for further offences are on our Telangana RTO guide.

If the car is already registered in Telangana, moving to Kukatpally only means updating the RC address, and the number stays. A car from another state needs re-registration through the Medchal offices after more than 12 months in Telangana.

For leaving Telangana, the NOC on Form 28 is applied for online with a slot booking; take the RC, policy, tax-paid proof, PUC certificate and police verification certificate. Inform your insurer once the car is registered in the new state, and check our Telangana RTO guide for more.

If your work could send you to another state, from Kukatpally you can have the dealer seek a Bharat series (BH) number rather than a Medchal registration, and the car then follows you without an NOC.

At a private firm, the rule is offices in 4 or more states or union territories, and the employee gives Form 60 from the firm. 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.

See our Telangana RTO guide for full eligibility and the BH tax.

Online filing on Vahan and Sarathi covers most of these now; print a copy only when the office asks for paper.

More forms are on the Parivahan Sewa website, in the RTO forms download list, and our Telangana RTO guide says which Kukatpally task each one belongs to.

How insurance links to the Kukatpally RTO

A car is registered only when it has valid insurance. If the owner, address or number on a Kukatpally RC changes, inform your insurer the same week so both papers agree.