The Regional Transport Office’s (RTO) decision to stop issuing fitness certificates to commercial vehicles has brought around 23 lakh vehicles to a screeching halt. All of them are in line for their certificates, the Bombay High Court was told on Tuesday. The RTO’s move to stop issuing the certificates comes in the wake of several HC orders that mandated RTO offices to have minimum 250-metre test tracks in order to examine the vehicles.

Vehicles that have crossed the 15-year mark are required to go in for fitness tests. File pic