CHENNAI: Eyeing to milk the demand for fancy numbers – known as special registration number in official parlance the State government has an e-bidding system to replace the existing first-come-first-served process.

The move, aimed at increasing transparency and boosting revenue, was formalised through amendments to the Tamil Nadu Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, notified by the Home (Transport) Department on October 18. The e-bidding platform is expected to go live soon after the department completes the required technical integration, sources said.

The new online bidding process will assign registration numbers through an e-bidding mechanism instead of the manual allocation that is being followed now. The amendment follows Transport Minister SS Sivasankar’s announcement in the Assembly in J

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