Sale of registration nos. fetches Rs 24L

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 31

Haryana Government’s decision to auction vehicle registration numbers of HR26EQ series of Gurugram generated an income of Rs 24.55 lakh today.

A notice regarding open auctioning was issued three days ago on the website of Haryana Transport Department.

Haryana Transport Department Commissioner Amitabh Dhillon said that today, the registration of vehicles with new series ‘HR26EQ’ of Gurugram district was opened for auctioning.

Registration number 001 was auctioned for Rs 7.1 lakh, 002 for Rs 2.25 lakh, 003 for Rs 1.15 lakh, 005 for Rs 1.6 lakh, 006 for Rs 1.45 lakh and 007 for Rs 1.5 lakh in open auctioning.

For all numbers, a price of Rs 15.25 lakh was reserved but people purchased those for a total sum of Rs 24.55 lakh.

The highest auction was for registration number 009 which was purchased by a bidder for Rs 4.1 lakh more than the reserve amount.

Similarly, registration number 001 was given to the bidder for Rs 2.1 lakh more than the reserve amount.