The facility for e-auctioning fancy numberplates — registration numbers of choice — was inaugurated by Lt-Governor Najeeb Jung in Delhi. The Transport department said nearly 140 fancy numberplates would be e-auctioned in the first round.
The e-auction would be conducted by the Delhi Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation (DTIDC).
“A bidder can obtain more than one fancy numberplate. But, the person will have to register separately for each vehicle and obtain Unique Acknowledgement Numbers (UAN),” an official said.
If more than one applicant applies at the minimum reserve price and where no further incremental bid is made by any of these applicants, that fancy numberplate will be allotted by the e-auction system through random selection.
“A person can participate in the e-auction by registering online. After successful online registration, the participants will receive a UAN. The online registration will be open for the first eight working days from the start of the e-auctioning process. After online registration, the bidder will have to deposit a demand draft issued by any nationalised bank in the office of DTIDC at ISBT Kashmere Gate. The amount of the demand draft will be the reserve price of the desired fancy numberplate,” the official said.
After depositing the demand draft, the person will be eligible to participate in the online bidding process. After completion of registration, the online bidding will be held for three working days.
“After the approval of registration, applicant will receive a system-generated login ID and password through SMS and email.
Once registered successfully, a person can participate in the bidding process separately for each UAN,” the official said.
The result of the bidding process will be system-generated and published on the e-auction link on the Transport department website. The successful bidder will have to deposit the bid amount within 10 working days. The amount to be deposited will be the successful bid amount minus the reserve price already deposited as demand draft.
Registration number 0001 will be the most expensive, with the minimum reserve price fixed at Rs 5 lakh.
Numbers 0002 to 0009 will be second-most expensive, with auction starting from Rs 3 lakh. The third category will include numbers from 0010 to 0099; 0786, 1000, 1111, 7777 and 999, starting at Rs 2 lakh.
Car owners looking to spend less can bid for registration numbers 0100, 0111, 0200, 0222, 0300, 0333 and similar numbers up to 0999; 2000, 2222 and similar numbers up to 8000; and 8888, 9000, 0101, 0108, 1008 and 1313, for which auction will start from Rs 1 lakh.