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- 10 years ago
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Unknowingly paid bribe to Kondapur RTA office
- Transport
- Registration of Vehicle
- Paid INR 2,500
I had bought a new car two weeks back and the dealer said they would arrange a person to 'help' with the registration. This agent called me yesterday and asked me to come to the RTA office with address prof and PAN card. I told him I had a rental agreement and broadband bill as local address proof and he said that would work. I went to the office today and realized that it was one of the most corrupt offices I have ever seen. Almost everything is done through agents there. If you want to do something yourself, it is literally impossible. The officers only deal with agents and they ignore individuals. I got the whole story when the agent gave me a receipt of around 600 rupees and in the end asked me 3200 rupees. When I asked about that, he said 3000 is the 'standard rate' and 200 is to accept my broadband bill as address proof. He further explained that he had to make some 'unofficial' payments to get things done. When I asked him why didn't he tell this beforehand, he smiled and said 'everyone knows it'. I was disappointed and I called the car dealer person and asked him why he didn't tell me that I would have to pay bribe, he replied that everyone does it and otherwise it will take a lot of time. I had to pay the money to agent because the bribe was already done. I am ashamed and disappointed that I was part of this. Kondapur RTA office is corrupt to the rock bottom. They have made the system so that people get frustrated and eventually go with the agents. This cannot be stopped unless someone from the top intervenes and defines a process for the common man to get things done fast.