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BHPian MiKeMo recently shared this with other enthusiasts.
Hi.
This thread is to provide fellow BHPians with a fully DIY process to renew the DL online. My license expired last month, and after reading threads on TBHP and some research online, I could complete the process.
If you have a paper DL: You will need to get backlog entry into the Parivahan site for using the online DL renewal option.
If you already have a smart DL, or after completion of step 1 above in the case of paper DL: life is easier now, as you can use the online DL renewal portal.
Here's what BHPian Rehaan had to say about the matter:
I went through the same thing recently, and most definitely didn't want to use the help of any "agents".
A few things were slightly different from my experience, I'll focus only on them here:
- I only had to make ONE trip to the MH 01 (Tardeo) RTO, close to the end of the process. Thankfully I didn't have to go multiple times. I guess this is the biggest difference, and I just wanted to point it out so it might save others 1 trip.
- My license was already expired when I started this process. This was in July 2021, not sure if things have changed since then.
- I started off my journey here.
Select Maharashtra in the dropdown.
Choose DL Renewal on the pop-up:
Or if you miss the pop-up, select it here:
Enter your existing license details:
- Filled out the required forms (Form 1 & 9).
I have a new habit of filling forms in Acrobat itself, rather than printing and then filling them by hand. Why? Because it's so much easier to type out, and when a bank / govt body inevitably finds something "wrong" with your form and asks you to resubmit it, you do not need to fill the whole thing out again! Just make the change in the PDF and re-print.
It's also useful for saving time by using a pre-filled form for future requests - eg. A generic 'customer request form' for your bank where only a few checkboxes / date / etc need change.
It's also clearer than handwriting, so avoids confusion during transcribing:
- I completed the upload/payment etc and waited a month or more, but no new license showed up at my door.
Checked the application status here:
Noticed it was just stuck at this "Scrutiny" stage since forever:
- Wrote to the Sarathi helpdesk asking about the delay:
- They wrote back 3 days later saying I had to show up at the RTO with proof of address:
A very lazy while later... I finally visited the RTO:
- They took my payment receipt (or was it the other form?), took my old license and stapled them together.
- They didn't need to look at my Aadhar etc for address/age proof (I guess old DL was enough).
- Told me it would take a minimum of 15-30 days for me to receive the new license via Speedpost.
- They said the RTO allows driving on the application/challan instead of a license.
- I was in and out of there in 7 minutes.
- About 20 days later my license showed up in the mail.
- It's a proper smart-card license, unlike what some other states are supplying.
That's all folks!
PS: Last month I deleted a folder called "2021-07 - DL Renewal" from my computer, thinking "I'm never going to need this!". Sure enough, when I wanted to post this, I did need it - just to refer to dates, forms I filled, etc. I had already cleared by recycle bin. Thankfully I use Dropbox backup, so that let me go back and recover deleted files. Unrelated moral of the story: back up your data!
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