
GoMechanic | Parivahan Portal | Offline/Court |
|---|---|---|
Check the challan: Open GoMechanic's e-challan section and enter your vehicle registration number. Review the pending challans associated with your vehicle before making a payment. | Check officially: Use the Parivahan e-Challan portal to search using your challan number, vehicle number or driving licence number. | Check separately: If the challan is linked to court proceedings, verify its status through the relevant court or traffic authority. |
Pay eligible challans: Select the payable challan, review the offence and fine amount, and proceed using the available payment options through GoMechanic. | Pay online: Review the challan details and pay eligible challans using the payment options available on the official portal. | Court handling: For challans sent to court, follow the instructions provided for the specific case. Eligible cases may be paid or contested through the relevant court process. |
Save your receipt: Download or retain the payment confirmation and check the challan status again after processing. | Keep payment proof: Save or download the payment receipt and transaction details after successful payment. | Keep court proof: Retain the payment receipt, court acknowledgement or other relevant documents until the matter is resolved. |
An e-challan in Rajasthan is a digitally recorded traffic fine issued when a driver or vehicle is found breaking traffic or transport rules. The violation may be recorded directly by traffic personnel or through camera-based enforcement for offences such as overspeeding, riding without a helmet, lane violations or using a mobile phone while driving.
Rajasthan motorists can check challan records through the Government of India's Parivahan eChallan system, which supports searches using a challan number, vehicle registration number or driving licence number. The system displays details such as the issuing department, date, amount and current payment status.
Ignoring a genuine challan can leave the violation unresolved and, depending on its status, the matter may eventually move into a court process. Checking early makes it easier to understand whether you can pay online or need to contest the case.
Rajasthan's registration codes also vary by transport district. Official Transport Department records list RJ-01 for Ajmer, RJ-14/RJ-45/RJ-60 for Jaipur-I, RJ-19 for Jodhpur, RJ-20 for Kota and RJ-27 for Udaipur.
Start with the basics. Compare the vehicle registration number, date, location, violation type and fine amount with your vehicle and journey.
Camera enforcement is becoming increasingly important in Rajasthan. On the Shahjahanpur-Ajmer section of NH-48, for example, high-resolution cameras at 27 locations can detect violations including overspeeding, helmetless riding, triple riding, mobile-phone use, seat-belt violations, lane violations and wrong-way driving. Detected offences can generate an e-challan automatically.
If image evidence is available, check it carefully. A registration mismatch, incorrect vehicle or wrongly recorded offence should be disputed early instead of being paid simply to make the notification disappear.
Rajasthan Police has stepped up road enforcement considerably, so relying on a road being quiet or enforcement being absent is becoming a poor strategy.
Keep your phone out of your hands: Calls, typing or checking messages while controlling the vehicle can lead to enforcement and also distract you at the worst possible moment.
Stay within the permitted load: Do not overload passenger or goods vehicles beyond the limits allowed for that vehicle.
Never drink and drive: Drunk driving is treated as a serious offence and can involve prosecution, not merely an ordinary roadside fine.
Read the speed signs: Rajasthan's highways are seeing stronger speed enforcement, including automated systems. Follow the posted limit rather than judging speed from how empty the road looks.
Keep your documents valid: Maintain a valid DL, RC, insurance and PUC and keep accepted digital or physical copies accessible.
Use indicators before changing direction: Signal before turning, merging or changing lanes rather than making a sudden move.
Check before parking: Avoid restricted areas, highway shoulders and places where the vehicle can obstruct traffic.
Respect signals and lane rules: Red-light jumping, wrong-way driving and lane violations are increasingly easy to detect through camera enforcement.
Wear helmets and seat belts: Rajasthan Police's July 2026 enforcement campaign specifically reiterated that proper ISI-marked helmets are required for riders and pillion riders.
The national Parivahan eChallan platform includes a Grievance facility for problems involving challans and related records.
Open the eChallan grievance service: Use the grievance option available on the official Parivahan eChallan system.
Enter your personal details: Provide the requested name, mobile number and email address.
Identify the challan: Enter the challan number along with the vehicle registration number or DL details requested by the system and select Rajasthan where applicable.
Explain the error: Clearly state why you believe the challan is incorrect. Mention any mismatch involving the registration number, vehicle, photograph, location, payment or violation and attach evidence where the portal permits it.
Complete verification: Enter the captcha or OTP, submit the grievance and retain the acknowledgement/reference number.
If the matter is already available through Virtual Courts, you can locate it using options such as the challan/vehicle number, mobile number, CNR or party name. Eligible users may pay the fine or request to contest it; a contested matter is then assigned to a physical court with a date.
Rajasthan has recent statewide enforcement data, so there is no need to guess which offences dominate.
In 2025, Rajasthan Police issued 27.61 lakh traffic challans. According to figures given by the state's Transport Minister in the Rajasthan Assembly, major categories included:
Overspeeding: 12.06 lakh cases, approximately 43.7%
Riding without a helmet: 5.23 lakh cases, approximately 18.9%
Seat-belt violations: 1.96 lakh cases, approximately 7.1%
Drunk driving: 69,000 cases, approximately 2.5%
Other traffic violations: approximately 27.8% of police challans combined
The Transport Department separately issued another 6.95 lakh challans during 2025, showing that enforcement is not limited to police-issued traffic tickets.
The trend will continue in 2026. On the first day of a statewide enforcement campaign in July, Rajasthan Police recorded 7,104 helmet violations, 5,133 overspeeding offences, 3,082 illegal-parking cases and 3,158 lane-discipline violations.
Based on statewide and campaign data in Rajasthan. The mix of violations can differ substantially between Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Udaipur, Ajmer and other districts.
Once an eligible challan is successfully paid through GoMechanic or the relevant official payment channel, save the e-receipt or transaction confirmation. The payment then needs to be reflected against the challan record.
Do not immediately pay again if the bank transaction succeeds but the challan still shows as pending. Parivahan specifically provides Check Pending Transaction facilities for payments that are stuck, pending or already deducted from the user's account.
Keep the receipt even after the status changes. It gives you useful proof when checking outstanding vehicle records before an RC transfer, resale, NOC-related process or other transport verification.
For court-linked cases paid through Virtual Courts, a receipt is issued after successful payment and can be downloaded or printed. A lost receipt can also be retrieved through the reprint facility.
A registration-number search is useful when you know the vehicle but do not have the individual challan number. Parivahan provides separate search options for Vehicle Number, Challan Number and DL Number.
A vehicle-number check is useful when:
You are unsure whether any traffic fine is pending against the vehicle.
You recently passed through a camera or speed-enforcement zone.
You are checking a used vehicle before buying or selling it.
You want to identify pending dues before starting an RC transfer.
Rajasthan's Transport Department also maintains registration data across RTO and DTO offices in cities including Jaipur, Ajmer, Jodhpur, Kota and Udaipur.
The challan remains unpaid or unresolved. Check whether a payment option is available and whether any further action is shown against the record.
Payment has been successfully recorded. Download and keep the receipt instead of relying only on the online status.
The payment or status update is still underway. If money has already been deducted, verify the pending transaction before attempting another payment.
The case has entered a court-related process. Depending on the case, Virtual Courts may allow you to pay the fine or request to contest and transfer the matter to a physical court.
The system did not find a matching record with the details entered. Recheck the number carefully and try the relevant search method again.
A grievance or challenge has been raised against the challan. Keep your acknowledgement and monitor the matter until the authority or court updates its status.
Clearing valid outstanding challans before selling the vehicle is the sensible approach. An unresolved traffic fine can leave the buyer and seller arguing later about when the violation happened and who should pay it.
It separates the seller's existing traffic liabilities from the buyer's future use.
It makes the vehicle's outstanding-dues position clearer.
It reduces disputes during RC-transfer paperwork.
The receipt provides evidence that identified fines were settled before handover.
Depending on the challan's current status, check:
GoMechanic's e-challan section for supported challan checking and payment
Parivahan eChallan portal
Rajasthan Police/traffic enforcement channel, where applicable
Virtual Courts, when the challan has entered a court process
Assigned physical court or relevant traffic/transport authority, where online settlement is unavailable
Rajasthan's Transport Department confirms regional transport offices in cities including Ajmer, Jaipur, Jodhpur and Kota, while its registration records also list Udaipur under RJ-27.
The challan is recent: The digital record may still be updating.
The registration number was typed incorrectly: A single incorrect letter or digit can prevent a match.
The case has changed status: A payment, grievance or court transfer can alter where the record appears.
You are searching using the wrong identifier: A vehicle-number search may work when the challan number does not, and vice versa.
The message itself may not be genuine: Fake e-challan websites and apps are a known risk.
Enter the exact vehicle registration number again.
Search with the challan number if you have it.
Try the DL-number search provided by Parivahan.
If the matter has moved to court, search through the Virtual Courts service.
Use the grievance/helpdesk route if the challan or payment record still does not make sense.
The official Parivahan eChallan system warns motorists against fraudulent websites and mobile apps impersonating the service. It also states that it does not request passwords, OTPs, payment details or sensitive information through unsolicited calls, emails or message links.
| Violation | Challan Amount (Rs) |
|---|---|
Driving under the influence of alcohol/drugs | Rs 10,000 for first offence |
Driving without a valid driving licence | Rs 5,000 |
Driving without valid insurance | Rs 2,000 first offence; Rs 4,000 subsequent offence |
Riding without a helmet | Standard central rate: Rs 1,000, with licence-related consequences under the Act |
Not wearing a seat belt | Standard central rate: Rs 1,000 |
Overspeeding, LMV | Standard central rate: Rs 1,000 to Rs 2,000 |
Overspeeding, medium/heavy passenger or goods vehicle | Standard central rate: Rs 2,000 to Rs 4,000 |
Dangerous driving | Up to Rs 5,000 for first offence |
Racing or speed trial without permission | Rs 5,000 first offence; Rs 10,000 subsequent offence |
Driving an unregistered vehicle | Up to Rs 5,000 for first offence under the central framework |
Using a vehicle without valid insurance | Rs 2,000 first offence; Rs 4,000 subsequent offence |
Using a mobile phone while driving where treated as dangerous driving | Penalty can follow the dangerous-driving provision applied |
Red-light or traffic-rule violation | Depends on the section under which the offence is booked |
Use GoMechanic's supported e-challan facility or the Government of India's Parivahan eChallan system. Parivahan allows you to search using a challan number, vehicle registration number or DL number.
An unpaid challan remains unresolved. Check whether it can still be settled online or whether the case has moved into a court process rather than simply leaving it pending.
Where the standard Motor Vehicles Act provision applies, the first offence can attract a ₹10,000 fine and/or imprisonment of up to six months. Repeat offences carry more severe penalties.
The fine does not simply disappear. Depending on the offence and status, it may remain pending or move into a court-related process, so check the current record before deciding what to do next.
A vehicle-number search helps locate records associated with a particular registration, while a challan-number search identifies one specific challan. Parivahan also provides a DL-number search.
Yes, if the record remains available in the relevant digital system. Older cases that have already been sent to court may need to be checked using Virtual Courts or the assigned court process.
The challan may be recent, the registration details may be incorrect, or its status may have changed after payment, grievance or court transfer. Try the vehicle number, challan number and DL-number search methods.
Yes. If the photograph, registration number, location or offence does not match, use the official grievance facility and provide supporting details or evidence where available.
Eligible challans can be handled through supported platforms such as GoMechanic and the official Parivahan eChallan system. If the challan has moved to court, follow the Virtual Courts or assigned-court process instead.
It means the matter has entered or requires a judicial process instead of remaining a normal online traffic-fine payment. Virtual Courts can allow an eligible user to pay online or request to contest the matter and have it assigned to a physical court.
Yes. Virtual Courts states that a receipt is generated immediately after a successful payment and can be downloaded or printed. A lost receipt can also be retrieved using the reprint option.
"RTO challan" is often used informally for penalties involving vehicle or transport-rule violations. Check the actual challan to see the issuing department, legal section and offence instead of relying on the informal label.
Yes. Rajasthan Police introduced a high-tech automated enforcement system on part of NH-48 with cameras capable of detecting overspeeding, helmetless riding, triple riding, mobile-phone use, seat-belt offences, lane violations and wrong-way driving.
Yes. During Rajasthan Police's July 2026 statewide enforcement campaign, authorities specifically reiterated the requirement for ISI-marked helmets for both riders and pillion riders.

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