Meghalaya Transport : Issue of Learner Licence

Organisation :Transport Department, Government of Meghalaya
Facility : Apply for Learner Licence

Home Page :http://megtransport.gov.in/
Download Forms here :http://megtransport.gov.in/Forms_for_licence.html

Learner’s Licence :
A Learner’s Licence (LL) is valid for a period of 6 months. Driving Licence (DL) should be applied 30 days after after issue of LL and before the end of validity.

Submit forms :
Application for Learner’s Licence should be filled up in form 2 accomapnied by :
a) Evidence of correctness of address and age is required during application. For eg.** :
** Electoral Roll
** Life Insurance Policy
** Passport
** Pay slip issued by any office of Central/State government or local body
** School certificate
** Birth Certificate
** Certificate granted by a registered medical practitioner not below the rank of a Civil Surgeon, as to age of person.
b) Medical Certificate(Self Declaration of physical fitness should be filled in Form 1 and a medical certificate issued by a registered medical practitioner in form 1A.)
c) Driving Licence if case of learner’s licence for add of COV (class of Vehicle)
d) Appropriate fees
e) Blood Group Proof

Capture biometrics :
** Photograph, Signature, Finger Prints are captured.

Requirements And Rules :
Age Limit :
** No person under the age of eighteen years shall drive a motor vehicle in any public place. Provided that a motor cycle with engine capacity not exceeding 50cc may be driven in a public place by a person attaining the age of sixteen years.
** No person under the age of twenty years shall drive a transport (commercial) vehicle in any public place.

Restriction on granting Learner’s licecnce to certain vehicles :
** No person shall be granted a learner’s licence to drive a transport (commercial) vehicle unless he has held a driving licence to drive a motor vehicle for at least one year
** No Person under the age of eighteen years shall be granted a learner’s licence to drive a motor cycle without gear except with the consent in writing of the person having the care of the person desiring the learner’s licence.

Learner’s Licence Holder Rules :
A learner licence holder should be accompanied by an instructor holding an effective driving licence and in such a position to take control or stop the vehicle.‘L’ should be painted on the car/plate/ card on both the front and the rear of the vehicle, in red and a white background. The painting should be should not be less than 18 centimetres square and the “L” shall not be less than 10 cm high, 2 cm thick and 9 cm wide at the bottom.

Duplicate Learner’s Licence :
On loss of original Leaner’s Licence, application for a duplicate LL can be made by submitting :
** Learner’s Licence number
** Appropriate fees