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24 THE CENTRAL MOTOR VEHICLES RULES, 1989 RULE 24

Driving Schools and Establishments
24. Driving schools and establishments
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(1) No person shall establish or maintain any driving school or establishment for
imparting instructions for hire or reward in driving motor vehicles without a licence in
Form 11 granted by the licensing authority.
(2) An application for the grant or renewal of a licence under sub-rule (1) shall be
made in Form 12 or Form 13, as the case may be, to the licensing authority having
jurisdiction in the area in which the school or establishment is situated and shall be
accompanied by appropriate fee as specified in rule 32.
Explanation : For the purposes of this rule and rules 25 to 28, “licensing authority”
means an officer not below the rank of the Regional Transport Officer of the Motor
Vehicles Department established under section 213.
(3) The licensing authority shall, when considering an application for the grant
or renewal of a licence under this rule, have regard to the following matters, namely:—
(i) the applicant and the staff working under him are of good moral character
and are qualified to give driving instructions;
(ii) the premises where the school or establishment is proposed to be conducted
is either owned by the applicant or is taken on lease by him or is hired in
his name and it has adequate provision for conducting lectures and
demonstration of models besides adequate parking area for the vehicles
meant to be used for imparting instructions in driving :
PROVIDED that in respect of schools or establishments imparting
instructions in driving of motor vehicles or matters connected therewith
immediately before the commencement of these rules, the licensing
authority may permit the conducting of instruction facilities in the same
premises where the school or establishment is housed for a period of six
months, notwithstanding the fact that the premises do not satisfy the
conditions laid down in this clause;
(iii) the financial resources of the proposed school or establishment are sufficient
to provide for its continued maintenance;
(iv) the applicant owns and maintains a minimum of one motor vehicle each of
the type in which instruction is imparted in the school or establishment;
(v) the vehicles are available exclusively for purposes of imparting instruction
and all such vehicles, except motorcycles, are fitted with dual control facility
to enable the instructor to control or stop the vehicle;
(vi) the applicant maintains the following apparatus, equipments and other
requirements, namely:—
(a) a black board,
(b) a road plan board with necessary model signals and charts,
(c) traffic signs chart,
(d) chart on automatic signals and signals given by traffic controllers
where there are no automatic signals,
(e) a service chart depicting a detailed view of all the components of a
motor vehicle,
(f) engine gear box, brake shoe and drums (except where the applicant
desires to impart instruction in the driving of motorcycles only),
(g) puncture kit with tyre lever, wheel brace, jack and type pressure gauge,