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(c) the test report shall be generated automatically and digitally signed
with relevant details, immediately after completion of all tests;
(v) the test data and report generated shall be kept in a safe and secured facility
and uploaded on the electronic portal;
(vi) photographs of vehicle and its Chassis and Engine number shall be captured
by Global Positioning System enabled camera and shall be kept in a secured
facility and uploaded on the electronic portal along with the tests data and
report.
(7) The certificate of fitness, if granted, in Form 25 or Form 38, as the case may be,
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and test report [in Form 69,] so generated shall be sent to the registered owner or
authorised signatory through physical and electronic mode and the test report shall
include the following, namely:—
(i) station Name and registration number;
(ii) date and time of the test;
(iii) vehicle details – Registration number, Type, Make and Model;
(iv) visual check details;
(v) measured and permissible values of functional tests;
(vi) date of calibration of each equipment of the automated testing station on
which tests are conducted;
(vii) list of functional tests or visual checks failed by the vehicle, in case certificate
of fitness is not granted.
(8) The results shall also be integrated with VAHAN Database.
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[(9) Notwithstanding anything in the fourth proviso to sub-rule (1) of rule 62, the
automated testing station may accept and test the vehicle registered in any of the States
or Union territories.]
182. Re-testing Procedure
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(1) The registered owner of the vehicle that fails any or all of the required test(s),
as specified in rule 189, shall be given an opportunity to apply for a re-test within thirty
days of such result, after getting the defects specified in the test report of the initial
inspection, rectified from a suitable workshop.
(2) The registered owner or authorised signatory of the vehicle may opt for a re-test
after depositing fee, as specified in rule 81 and such vehicle shall be re-tested only for
the test(s) which it failed in the initial inspection, as specified in the test report.
(3) Subject to rule 183, the vehicle that is not re-tested within the time specified in
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sub-rule (1) or fails such re-test shall be declared as End of Life Vehicle [or unfit, as the
case may be].
(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in this rule, in the event of an order of the
Appellate Authority to conduct a partial or complete re-test under sub-rule (2) of rule
183, the same shall be conducted accordingly.
183. Appeal against test results
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(1) Any person aggrieved by the test result shall, within seven days of the date of
receipt of such result, submit an appeal to the Appellate Authority in Form 68, through
the electronic portal specified by the Central Government in this regard and such an

1 Inserted vide GSR 797(E), dt. 31-10-2022, w.e.f. 1-11-2022.