Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989 - CHAPTER II - LICENSING OF DRIVERS OF MOTOR VEHICLES - Rule 24

Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989 - CHAPTER II 

LICENSING OF DRIVERS OF MOTOR VEHICLES

Driving Schools and Establishments

24. Driving Schools and establishments,-  (1) No person shall establish or maintain any driving school or establishment of imparting instructions for hire or reward in driving motor vehicles without a license in form 11 granted by the licensing authority.

(0)    An application for the grant or renewal of a license under sub-rule (1) shall be made in Form 12 or Form 13, as the case may be,  to the licensing authority having jurisdiction in the area in  which the school or establishment is situated and shall be accompanied by appropriate fee as specified in Rule 32.

Explanation:- For the purpose of this Rule and Rules 25 to 28 “liceinsing authority means an officer not below the rank of a Regional Transport Officer of the Motor Vehicles Department  established under section 213.

           (3)) The licensing authority shall , when considering the application for the grant of renewal of license under this Rule, have regard to the following matters, namely,-

(i)                  The applicant and staff working under him are of good moral character and are qualified to give driving instructions;

(ii)                The premises where the school or establishment is proposed to be conducted is either owned by the applicant or is taken on lease by him  or is hired in his name and it has adequate provision for  [for conducting lecture  and demonstration of models] beside adequate parking area for the vehicles meant to be used  for imparting training in driving.

                Provided that in respect of schools or establishments imparting instructions in driving of motor vehicles or matters connected therewith immediately before the commencement of these rules, the licensing authority may permit the conducting of instructions facilities in the same premises where the school or establishment  is housed for a period of six months, notwithstanding the fact that the premises do not satisfy the conditions laid down in this clause;

(iii)               The financial resources of the proposed school or school are sufficient to provide for its continued maintenance;

(iv)              The applicant owns and maintains a minimum of one motor vehicle each of the type in which instruction is imparted in the school or establishment;

(v)                The vehicle are available exclusively for the purpose of imparting instructions and all such vehicles, except motor cycles, are fitted with dual control facility to enable the instructor to control or stop the vehicle;

(vi)              The applicant maintains the following apparatus, equipments and other requirements namely,-

(a)    Black board,

(b)   A road plan board with  necessary signals and charts,

(c)    Traffic sign charts,

(d)   Chart on automatic signals given by traffic controllers where there are not automatic signals,

(e)   A service chart depicting a detailed view of all the components of a motor vehicle,

(f)     Engine , gear box, (brake shoe and drums) [except where the applicant desires to impart instructions in the driving of motor cycles only),

(g)    Puncture kit with tyre liver, wheel brace, jack and tyre pressure gauge,

(h)   Spanner ( a set of each fix spanners, box spanners,  pliers, screw drivers, screw spanners. And hammer),

(i)      Driving instruction manual,

(j)     Benches and tables for trainees and work bench,

(k)    [xxxx]

(l)      [xxxx]

(m)  A (collection of)  books on automobile mechanism, driving, road safety, traffic regulations, laws relating to motor vehicles and related subjecs.

(n)   A fully equipped first aid box for use in emergency at the premises;

(vii)             The applicant or any member of the staff employed by him for imparting instructions possess the following qualifications, namely,- 

(a)    A minimum educational qualification of a pass in the  10^th standard,

(b)   A minimum driving experience of 5 years in addition to a certificate in a coursed in motor mechanics or any other higher qualification in mechanical engineering from an institution established by Central or State Government or from an institution recognized by the Board of Technical Education of a State Government,

(c)    Thorough knowledge of traffic sighs specified in the Schedule to the Act and the regulations made under section 118,

(d)   Ability to demonstrate and to explain the functions of different  components parts of vehicles.

(e)   Adequate knowledge of English or the regional language of the region in which the school or establishment is situated :
Provided that any person who has served as an instructor for a period of not less than five years  immediately before the commencement of these rules is exempted from the requirements of this sub-clause.
(4) The licensing Authority, may on  receipt of an application under  sub-rule (2) and after satisfying that the applicant has complied with the requirements of  sub-rule (3), grant or  renew the license in form II.
(5) No application for license shall be refused by the licensing authority unless the applicant is given an opportunity of being heard and reasons for such refusal are given in writing by the licensing authority.