Bike Challan Check – How to check two-wheeler E-challan status online in India?

What is E-challan?

As stated above, an e-challan is issued when it is not possible to penalize every traffic rule violator by issuing them a physical copy of the challan. This is why the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways launched what is known as electronic traffic challan or e-challan in short.

This electronic challan is issued to the offender automatically when:

• When a traffic violation has been reported by a speed sensor or CCTV camera on the road; and
• A vehicle has been pulled over by the traffic police for violation of a traffic rule

The electronic system generates a challan in either of the two cases mentioned above. Besides this, the system also maintains a complete database of all past traffic offenders.

Note: Not all cities in India have an automated system in place to issue e-challans to offenders. This is why in most places, the challan is issued by the traffic police with the help of online apps that are connected to the RTO database. 

Benefits of E-challan

This new and innovative system of issuing challan or penalty to traffic offenders sure has certain advantages, which are:

1. Complete transparency in the challan system, ensuring that the violators pay the fine in time, as mentioned in the challan document.
2. It is equally helpful to the general public, allowing them to make payments for the fine anytime, anywhere, from the convenience of an online app.
3. Since all data is maintained electronically, it becomes easier to keep a check on any pending challans. In case of overdue, the specific vehicle would be blocked from operating on the road.
4. One can check challan status online.

How to Check Bike Challan Status Online?

As mentioned above in the benefits section, one of the prime advantages of an e-challan is that it makes it possible to check online challan status. Once you have been issued an e-challan for a traffic rule violation on the road, you can easily check the status of your two wheeler challan online and determine whether or not the payment for the fine has been successfully made.

Besides, you can also check for any pending challans issued in your name to make sure that all of them have been successfully paid and none remain unresolved. Let us look at the simple steps for challan check online in the following section.

Steps to Check Bike Challan Status Online

For an online check of your two-wheeler e-challan, follow the simple steps below:

1. Go to the official website of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, India – www.echallan.parivahan.gov.in.
2. On the website, go to ‘Check Online Services’. A drop-down menu will appear.
3. Now select ‘Check Challan Status’ from the menu.
4. A new page opens where you can enter your vehicle details, such as the vehicle number, including the engine/chassis number, the challan number issued and/or your driving license number.
5. After entering all the required details, select the option ‘Get Details’.
6. It will ask you to enter the correct captcha information before displaying the e-challan status of your two-wheeler.
7. In case there are no challans pending in your name, a dialogue box appears stating ‘Challan Not Found’.

How to Pay for a Two-Wheeler E-challan Online?

We learned in the above section how to check the current status of the e-challan issued for your two-wheeler. Once you know that, it is time to make the payment for the fine for any pending challan in your name. Let’s learn how to do that.

Just like the current status of an e-challan can be checked online, so can the fine for the challan be paid online as well. Here’s how:

1. On the same website mentioned in the above section (www.echallan.parivahan.gov.in), all pending challans in your name will be displayed when checking the status of your e-challan online.
2. If there is a pending e-challan, you will also see the option on the same screen to pay the challan online.
3. Click on ‘Payment’. It would require you to enter the correct captcha code.
4. Upon entering the captcha details, you can make the payment for the challan for which you will be redirected to a secure payment gateway.
5. If the payment is successful, you will be notified via SMS or email that the pending challan has been cleared.