Overview

An Actto provide for the welfare of Motor Transport Workers and to regulate the employment of Inter-State Migrant workmen and to provide for their conditions of services and for matters connected therewith.

It applies :-
a. To every motor transport undertakings employing 5 or more motor transport workers

Registration of motor transport undertaking

1. Every employer of a motor transport undertaking to which this Act applies shall have the undertaking registered under this Act.
2. An application for the registration of a motor transport undertaking shall be made by the employer to the prescribed authority in such form and within such time as may be prescribed.
3. When a motor transport undertaking is registered under this Act, there shall be issued to the employer a certificate of registration containing such particulars as may be prescribed.

Renewal of Certificate of Registration

1. Everyemployer shall apply to the Chief Inspector until or an Inspector duly authorized by them in this behalf for renewal of the certificate of registration before its validity expires.
2. Every such application shall be in Form No.I, in duplicate, and shall be made not less than sixty days before the date on which the certificate or registration expires and if the application is so made, the undertaking shall be deemed to be duly registered until such date as the certificate of registration is renewed.
3. The fees chargeable for renewal of a certificate of registration shall be the same as for the gran thereof:

Overall process flow for the Service

The process flow consists of five (5) steps viz-

Steps 1:- The employer (applicant) shall get ready according to the check lists.
Steps 2:- Fill up Form ‘I’ in (duplicate for manual submission) according to the guidelines which is available in the Department Office/Website
Steps 3:- The filled up application completed in all respect and the prescribed fees deposited either through treasury challan in the specified head of account to the Govt. Treasury or through “e-Payment” along with the required documents are to be submitted to the ‘Facilator’ or the Registering authority.
Steps 4:- Submitted Form and documents are verified by the Registering officer and are officially processed.
Steps 5:-(a) If the application is found to be correct in all respect than the application is accepted and a Certificate of Registration is issued to the applicant.
(b) If the application is found to be correct in all respect than the application is accepted and a Renewed Certificate of Registration is issued to the applicant.
(c) If the application for registration or renewal is found to be incomplete/incorrect, than the application is rejected with a reasoned reply to the applicant within 15 days.

Eligibility Criteria

Any employer/applicant of a motor transport undertaking employing 5 or more Motor Transport workers can apply in Form I for the certification of registration.

Guidelines for Filing up the form

• The relevant information in Form ‘I’ in (duplicate for manual submission) is to be filled up in Block Letters with Black Ink and signed by the employer or by the authorized signatory.
• The application should be submitted within not less than 30 days before the date on which the employer proposes the Motor Transport undertaking.
• The application for periodic renewal of the certificate of registration should be applied in Form – I in duplicate in manual submission and not less than 60 days before the date on which the certificate of registration expires.

Fee including the payment mode

Rule 12 (2) Fees - The fees to be paid for the grant of certificate of registration under Rule 12 is specified below:

Maximum number of Motor Transport Workers to be employed during the year.

Mode of Payment: Every application shall be accompanied by a copy of the original challan depositing the requisite fees in the specified head of account or through “e-Payment” when it is notified & functioning.
Provided further that if the renewal is not executed within the time specified i.e. 60 days before the expiry, a fee of twenty five percent in excess of the fee ordinarily payable for the certificate of the registration.
The Heads of Accounts under which the receipt relating to the fees for Renewal of Licensing shall be credited is “0230 - Labour and Employment - 101 - Fees under the Motor Transport Workers Rules, 1962.

Important Timeline

• After verification if the application is found to correct in all respect than the certificate of registration is to be issued within 15 days from the date of receipt of the application.
• After verification if the application is found to correct in all respect than the renewed labour license is to be issued within 15 days from the date of receipt of the application.
• If the application for the registration or renewal is found to incorrect than rejection with reasoned reply to be issued within 15 days.

How to apply

Whether the service is Offline or Online

The Local Labour Office according to the address of the Motor Transport undertaking.
Office of the Assistant Labour Commissioner/Office of the Labour Officer/ Office of the Labour Inspector.

In the case of any difficulty please contact and state your query to the -
Office of the Labour Commissioner, Assam,
Gopinath Nagar, Guwahati-78016.
Phone Number- 0361-2547406

Forms to be filled

Click for filling form Forms - Form I

Service Outcome

Certificate of Registration or Renewed Certificate of Registration under Rule 5 or Rule 8 of the Motor Transport Workers Rules, 1962.