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**sunilg** · 05-14-2011, 12:27 PM

Query approved.

**sourav2688** · 05-14-2011, 02:16 PM

Did you get an FIR made out against the lost DL ?

If you haven't, get one made out now, have the old one nullified and apply for a fresh one in Bangalore. Keep the RTO's endorsement of the cancellation of the 1st DL always.
Lets just hope your original DL hasn't been upto anything in somebody else's hands !

**sudeepnbr** · 05-15-2011, 03:05 AM

Originally posted by sourav2688 View Post

Did you get an FIR made out against the lost DL ?

If you haven't, get one made out now, have the old one nullified and apply for a fresh one in Bangalore. Keep the RTO's endorsement of the cancellation of the 1st DL always.
Lets just hope your original DL hasn't been upto anything in somebody else's hands !

No, I have not made any FIR for that.

I don't think it has gone to some wrong hands, cuz actually I had lost it in the hands of a traffic police in Coimbatore (was caught for not wearing seat belt in car). He might've sent it to the Indore RTO or to the address mentioned on the driving license. But no one stays in that address.

Anyways, thanks for the suggestion. Is this the only solution?

**aargee** · 05-15-2011, 10:46 AM

FIR for a lost DL is mandatory Sudeep no matter it is right or wrong hands.

**Duke_848** · 05-15-2011, 12:23 PM

When i lost my dl here in Bangalore the first thing i did was file an FIR in the police station. Take a duplicate dl application form and fill it up and you should know your driving license number and fill it in the form and submit to the RTO. They take information from their database and provide a duplicate driving license. Since your driving license is not from bangalore i am not sure if you can get a duplicate done here.

**sudeepnbr** · 05-15-2011, 12:53 PM

Originally posted by aargee View Post

FIR for a lost DL is mandatory Sudeep no matter it is right or wrong hands.

Thanks Aargee! I'll get an FIR registered.

Originally posted by Duke_848 View Post

When i lost my dl here in Bangalore the first thing i did was file an FIR in the police station. Take a duplicate dl application form and fill it up and you should know your driving license number and fill it in the form and submit to the RTO. They take information from their database and provide a duplicate driving license. Since your driving license is not from bangalore i am not sure if you can get a duplicate done here.

Yes, that's my problem. I guess, I'll definitely have to apply for a new one in that case.

**abhimanyu31** · 05-15-2011, 01:10 PM

^^^ let me get this straight... on one side you are saying you lost your driving license... on the other hand you are saying that it is in the hands of the Coimbatore traffic police... so which is true??? if the second is true then you have not 'lost' your license, you have had your license confiscated... if the license has been confiscated and you file a FIR for lost license then you committing a illegal act...

Also if your license is in the hands of Coimbatore traffic police, it means that you were involved in some traffic violation... if that is the case, your license has been now attached to a traffic violation legal case in court which may have been decided in absentia (since you have not taken the trouble of going to the court and clearing the violation)... the validity and status of your driving license is doubtful...

**sudeepnbr** · 05-15-2011, 01:37 PM

Originally posted by abhimanyu31 View Post

^^^ let me get this straight... on one side you are saying you lost your driving license... on the other hand you are saying that it is in the hands of the Coimbatore traffic police... so which is true??? if the second is true then you have not 'lost' your license, you have had your license confiscated... if the license has been confiscated and you file a FIR for lost license then you committing a illegal act...

Also if your license is in the hands of Coimbatore traffic police, it means that you were involved in some traffic violation... if that is the case, your license has been now attached to a traffic violation legal case in court which may have been decided in absentia (since you have not taken the trouble of going to the court and clearing the violation)... the validity and status of your driving license is doubtful...

Well, its not confiscated. It's a bit complicated. I'll try explaining it in short.

I was coming to Karnataka, from Kerala, through Tamil Nadu with a Maharashtra registered car. I was caught for not wearing a selt belt. And when we were asked for papers, we found that the insurance papers were expired a week back. So because of all these combination of errors, the traffic police was charging a huge amount. So me and my friends, we were discussing him these things for more than an hour. And finally we paid some fine. But in all this time, I totally forgot that I had given my original license in his hands. I realized about it only once I reached Bangalore.

**shashwatv930** · 06-06-2011, 11:52 AM

yours is definitely a sorry state of affairs..really..i too am a seasoned 'forgettor'..i've forgotten a lot of stuff in a lot of different places..but yours wins the cake..forgot your license in a different STATE..

today I'm going through all the 'lost my papers' type of threads that i can find to help people out of this common misery..
1st thing- F I R..
Now, on to the main thing..there's a service of document management that has recently started in India..i've started using it and am suggesting it to everyone..you submit your important documents (not just your vehicle papers
) with the company and they'll digitize them and you can then view and send digital copies of those through the internet using a unique password that you'd be provided with. Also, you can get your papers back if you want..they deliver them to your place on your request.
The name of the company is kleeto..and they are the only ones providing this service. Check them out. And i'd suggest anybody reading this thread to try it.
And good luck Sudeep..and happy journey..you'd probably be having another trip to Tamil Nadu now..

**saipranav** · 06-06-2011, 01:25 PM

1st question, when is your licence expiring?
My dad's case is pretty much similar to yours... a lil bit more complicated actually :P
Neways, if your lisence is expiring in a couple of months are something... just wait for it to expire and then apply for a new one in bangalore... or else go to a police station and tell them you lost your licence somewhere... DO NOT TELL THEM THAT YOU LEFT IT IN THE HANDS OF SOME PERSON... JUST TELL THEM YOU MISPLACED IT SOMEWHERE AND DONT REMEMBER WHERE YOU LIST IT.
Once you write the fir you can apply for a new one.

**sudeepnbr** · 06-06-2011, 01:35 PM

Originally posted by shashwatv930 View Post

yours is definitely a sorry state of affairs..really..i too am a seasoned 'forgettor'..i've forgotten a lot of stuff in a lot of different places..but yours wins the cake..forgot your license in a different STATE..

today I'm going through all the 'lost my papers' type of threads that i can find to help people out of this common misery..
1st thing- F I R..
Now, on to the main thing..there's a service of document management that has recently started in India..i've started using it and am suggesting it to everyone..you submit your important documents (not just your vehicle papers
) with the company and they'll digitize them and you can then view and send digital copies of those through the internet using a unique password that you'd be provided with. Also, you can get your papers back if you want..they deliver them to your place on your request.
The name of the company is kleeto..and they are the only ones providing this service. Check them out. And i'd suggest anybody reading this thread to try it.
And good luck Sudeep..and happy journey..you'd probably be having another trip to Tamil Nadu now..

Thanks Shashwat for that piece of info.

Originally posted by saipranav View Post

1st question, when is your licence expiring?
My dad's case is pretty much similar to yours... a lil bit more complicated actually :P
Neways, if your lisence is expiring in a couple of months are something... just wait for it to expire and then apply for a new one in bangalore... or else go to a police station and tell them you lost your licence somewhere... DO NOT TELL THEM THAT YOU LEFT IT IN THE HANDS OF SOME PERSON... JUST TELL THEM YOU MISPLACED IT SOMEWHERE AND DONT REMEMBER WHERE YOU LIST IT.
Once you write the fir you can apply for a new one.

Thanks Saipranav for replying. The expiry date is still close to 17 yrs away. So the one solution now is to register an F.I.R and then apply for a new one.
Would be doing that now.

**shark80** · 06-06-2011, 01:46 PM

Originally posted by saipranav View Post

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Once you write the fir you can apply for a new one.

I dont think you will get a new one, upon producing the FIR, the RTO will issue a Duplicate DL and since your DL is from Indore, you will have to go there to get your DL.

If you want it from Bangalore, you might have to start Fresh. check here for more Transport Department -> RTO Services

here is the info for Duplicate DL in Bangalore.

HOW TO OBTAIN DUPLICATE DRIVING LICENCE ?

Duplicate Driving Licence can be obtained in case

lost
mutilation
destroyed
torn

1. Application :

Application form in KMV 1 available at the enquiry counter.
3 recent passport size photographs to be produced.

2. Fees: (payable at the RTO cash counter)

Rs.15/- for DL Book (or)
Rs. 215/- for PVC Card.

3.Documents:

Affidavit sworn by the applicant before an executive magistrate or a first class judicial magistrate or a notary public for having lost the driving licence
In case of mutilated/soiled/torn driving licence such licence has to be surrendered

4. Where to file an application ?
The application with above documents has to be submitted to Asst. R.T.O. (Driving Licence Branch). The duplicate driving licence will be delivered as per the time prescribed by the Asst. R.T.O.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT P.R.O/A.R.T.O/R.T.O CONCERNED

**sudeepnbr** · 06-06-2011, 02:08 PM

Originally posted by shark80 View Post

I dont think you will get a new one, upon producing the FIR, the RTO will issue a Duplicate DL and since your DL is from Indore, you will have to go there to get your DL.

If you want it from Bangalore, you might have to start Fresh. check here for more Transport Department -> RTO Services

here is the info for Duplicate DL in Bangalore.

Thanks for replying! I've read that before.
Since I won't be going back to Indore again, I cannot apply for the Duplicate License.
So I would be applying a fresh one in Bangalore. I don't see any other solution.

**shark80** · 06-06-2011, 02:31 PM

Originally posted by sudeepnbr View Post

Thanks for replying! I've read that before.
Since I won't be going back to Indore again, I cannot apply for the Duplicate License.
So I would be applying a fresh one in Bangalore. I don't see any other solution.

If you are applying fresh, you might not need FIR.

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