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Application for grant and renewal of a pass for sealed road and procedure.- (1) Application for grant of a pass for driving a vehicle on a sealed road shall be made in such form as may be specified by notification, and shall be addressed to the Under Secretary (Home) to the State Government . 1[Provided that in the case of Speaker, Deputy Speaker or Members of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly, an application for grant or renewal of a pass for plying of a vehicle on a sealed road shall be addressed to the Secretary, Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly, who shall be competent to grant or renewal the pass: Provided further that in the case of the Members of Parliament from Himachal Pradesh, the application for grant or renewal of a pass for plying a vehicle on a sealed road shall be made to the Home Department by a person duly authorized by them: Provided further that in the case of the Mayor, the Deputy Mayor or the Councillors, Municipal Corporation, Shimla, the application for grant or renewal of a pass for plying a vehicle on a sealed road shall be addressed to the Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Shimla, who shall forward the same to the Home Department.] 2[(2) A non-refundable fee of Rs.100/- for private vehicles shall be charged for processing of a case for a pass for plying of a vehicle on a sealed road. (3) A fee of Rs.2500/- shall be charged for grant of a pass for a private vehicle per road, per annum: Provided that one private vehicle registered in the name of the Member of Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly shall be deemed to be official vehicle for the purpose of sub-sections (2) and (3), in case such Member has no official vehicle.] (4) The pass for driving a vehicle on a sealed road may be renewed annually by the Home Department 3[or by the Secretary, Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly, as the case may be,] on payment of a fee as provided in sub-section (3) and in case the applicant does not make an application for renewal before the expiry of its validity period, the pass shall stand lapsed: 1 Subs. for the existing proviso vide Act No. 6 of 2010.