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Traffic challan discount: what's actually on right now

The short answer

Most percentage-off challan messages in circulation are rumours — a discount is real only when a state government publishes an order with a fixed payment window, or a Lok Adalat bench settles your case, where the figure is decided by the judge on the day and never published in advance.

Right now Bihar and Kerala are the only states with a live scheme — the table below shows the verified status of every state we track (16 as of today). The next National Lok Adalat sits on 12 December 2026 in most states.

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When is the next National Lok Adalat?

12 December 2026 — the next scheduled sitting. It is the last sitting of 2026.

Not every state sits on that date.

  • Karnataka is not sitting on 12 September 2026. The Karnataka State Legal Services Authority postponed the third National Lok Adalat to Saturday 19 September 2026, 2.00 p.m. to 5.30 p.m., by letter No. KSLSA:08/NLA/2026 dated 18 August 2026, addressed to every District Legal Services Authority in the state. If your challan is in Karnataka, 19 September is the date that applies to you. Karnataka e-challan guide.
  • Delhi's National Lok Adalat has moved twice. It was first postponed from 12 September 2026 to Saturday 10 October 2026, by Ref. No. 10/DSLSA/ADRW/NLAs/2026/10673 dated 25 August 2026, because the Delhi High Court had declared 12 September a court sitting day for courts subordinate to it (Notification No.85/G-4/Genl.-I/DHC dated 21 August 2026). It was then postponed again, from 10 October 2026 to Sunday 25 October 2026, by Ref. No. 10/DSLSA/ADRW/NLAs/2026/11105 dated 9 September 2026, because the Delhi High Court declared 10 October itself a court sitting day for subordinate courts (Notification No.86/G-4/Genl.-I/DHC dated 8 September 2026). If your challan is in Delhi, 25 October 2026 is the date that applies to you, and the traffic-challan token download window now opens 19 October 2026 at 10 a.m., not 5 October. Delhi e-challan guide.

The .ics reminder covers each remaining sitting (alerts 7 days and 1 day before) plus a prompt to check the Delhi token portal. That prompt is a reminder to look, not a published date: DSLSA notifies each edition separately and has published nothing yet for September.

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Which states have a challan discount right now?

Every row is verified against the sourced order or official statement it cites — including the states where the verified answer is "no scheme". A percentage appears only when a government order backs it; proposals, rumours and forwarded "offers" never get one.

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Bihar Live
Compoundable offences: about 50% relief, per the notification's own schedule
Bihar notified a one-time settlement on 30 April 2026 and first ran it at the 9 May 2026 National Lok Adalat, where the High Court records that about 36,722 cases were disposed of. The Patna High Court's judgment of 23 June 2026 states that 'the amount of fines prescribed for compoundable traffic challans have been reduced by about 50% and are detailed accordingly in the said notification' — so the relief is not a flat 50% cut but a schedule of amounts, and it applies to compoundable offences only. The same judgment records that the notification 'extends only to the financial year 2026-27', which ends 31 March 2027, and that the government may consider extending it year on year. The notification's own text (Notification No. 3261) is still not published anywhere we can reach. A Regional Transport Authority (Saran division) circular dated 6 May 2026 confirms the scheme by name and its use for challans pending over 90 days at the 9 May 2026 Lok Adalat, but does not itself state the 50% figure or the window dates — so the percentage and duration remain evidenced only through the High Court record. The scheme is still running: press reports confirm a further National Lok Adalat on 12 September 2026 again offered the same 50%-of-pending-amount settlement for challans older than 90 days (overloading challans excluded), with advance filing at District Transport Offices from 7-11 September 2026. Confirm the amount shown against your own challan on the official portal before paying. Re-checked 16 October 2026: the Patna High Court judgments at the cited Indian Kanoon links and the RTA (Saran) circular PDF still resolve with the same text, and no newer press report or notification was found beyond the 12 September 2026 Lok Adalat round already recorded here — the 50%-of-pending-amount relief, FY 2026-27 window, and compoundable-offences-only scope stand unchanged. Re-checked 19 October 2026: all three Patna High Court orders (20 April, 4 May and 23 June 2026, CWJC No. 20071 of 2025) still resolve at the cited Indian Kanoon links with the same text — the 23 June order still states the fines were 'reduced by about 50%' and that the notification 'extends only to the financial year 2026-27', and still records the 36,722 disposals at the 9 May sitting. The RTA (Saran) circular PDF and the patnapress.com report both still resolve; the press report still describes only the 12 September 2026 Lok Adalat round already recorded here, with no mention of a further sitting or any change to the 50% figure. No newer notification or press coverage found. Facts unchanged. Re-checked 21 October 2026: the 20 April order (doc/40087776) and the 23 June order (doc/175588204) both still resolve with the same text — the 23 June order still recites the fines were 'reduced by about 50%' and that the notification 'extends only to the financial year 2026-27'. The RTA (Saran) circular PDF still resolves (its content remains a legacy-Hindi-font/image PDF, not independently re-readable, same as prior checks — it is cited only for confirming the scheme's use at the 9 May sitting, not the percentage). patnapress.com still describes only the 12 September 2026 Lok Adalat round, with no newer sitting or rate change reported. No newer notification or press coverage found. Facts unchanged. Re-checked 23 October 2026: the 23 June order (doc/175588204) and the 20 April order (doc/40087776) both still resolve at the cited Indian Kanoon links with the same text — the 23 June order still recites the fines were 'reduced by about 50%', the 'financial year 2026-27' window, and the 36,722 disposals at the 9 May sitting. The RTA (Saran) circular PDF still resolves. A web search for Bihar scheme news this week surfaced only recaps of the already-recorded 30 April notification and the 7-11/12 September 2026 Lok Adalat drive (patnapress.com, indianmasterminds.com, verdictum.in) — no new notification, no new sitting, no rate change. Facts unchanged. Re-checked 26 October 2026: the 23 June order (doc/175588204) still resolves at the cited Indian Kanoon link with the same text — fines 'reduced by about 50%', the notification 'extends only to the financial year 2026-27', and the 36,722 disposals at the 9 May sitting. patnapress.com still describes only the 12 September 2026 Lok Adalat round (90+ day challans, 50% settlement, overloading excluded, 7-11 September advance-deposit window), with no newer sitting or rate change reported. No newer notification or press coverage found. Facts unchanged. Re-checked 28 October 2026: the 23 June order (doc/175588204) still resolves at the cited Indian Kanoon link with the same text — fines 'reduced by about 50%', the notification 'extends only to the financial year 2026-27', and the 36,722 disposals at the 9 May sitting. patnapress.com still describes only the 12 September 2026 Lok Adalat round (90+ day challans, 50% settlement, overloading excluded, 7-11 September advance-deposit window); a search for newer coverage turned up only recaps of the same April notification and September sitting (indianmasterminds.com and other patnapress.com posts), no new notification, no new sitting, no rate change. Facts unchanged. Re-checked 30 October 2026: the 23 June order (doc/175588204) and the 20 April order (doc/40087776) both still resolve at the cited Indian Kanoon links with the same text — fines 'reduced by about 50%', the notification 'extends only to the financial year 2026-27', and the 36,722 disposals at the 9 May sitting. The RTA (Saran) circular PDF and patnapress.com both still resolve; a fresh search turned up only recaps of the already-recorded April notification and the 7-11/12 September 2026 Lok Adalat round (patnapress.com, prabhatkhabar.com, indianmasterminds.com) — no October notification, no new sitting, no rate change. Facts unchanged. Re-checked 1 November 2026: all four Indian Kanoon sources still resolve with the same text — the 23 June order (doc/175588204) still recites the fines were 'reduced by about 50%' and that the notification 'extends only to the financial year 2026-27'; the 4 May order (doc/199092032) still records Notification No. 3261 dated 30 April 2026 and the 9 May Lok Adalat; the 20 April order (doc/40087776) still shows the scheme as not-yet-gazetted at that date, with no 50% figure stated for Bihar specifically in that earlier order (the 50% figure is evidenced by the later, 23 June order). The RTA (Saran) circular PDF still resolves as a scanned/image PDF whose text cannot be independently re-read, unchanged from prior checks. patnapress.com still resolves and still describes only the 12 September 2026 Lok Adalat round already recorded here. A fresh press search (Google News) surfaced only recaps of the same April notification and May-September 2026 Lok Adalat rounds (Patna Press, Indian Masterminds, Times of India, Hindustan Times, Verdictum, LiveLaw) plus an unrelated 20 September 2026 item on an insurance-fraud SIT — no November notification, no new sitting, no rate change. Facts unchanged. Re-checked 2 November 2026: the 23 June order (doc/175588204) still resolves at the cited Indian Kanoon link, quoting the fines as 'reduced by about 50%' and the notification as extending 'only to the financial year 2026-27', and still records the approximately 36,722 cases disposed of at the 9 May 2026 Lok Adalat sitting in CWJC No. 20071 of 2025 (Rani @ Rani Tiwari vs. The State of Bihar). patnapress.com still resolves and still describes only the already-recorded 7-11 September 2026 advance-deposit window and 12 September 2026 Lok Adalat sitting (90+ day challans, 50% settlement, overloading excluded). No newer notification or press coverage found. Facts unchanged. Re-checked 4 November 2026: the 23 June order (doc/175588204) still resolves at the cited Indian Kanoon link, quoting the fines as 'reduced by about 50%' (para 5) and the Member Secretary's submission that the notification 'extends only to the financial year 2026-27' (para 6), Rani @ Rani Tiwari vs. The State of Bihar, CWJC No. 20071 of 2025. patnapress.com still resolves and still describes only the already-recorded 7-11 September 2026 advance-deposit window, 90+ day eligibility and the 12 September 2026 Lok Adalat sitting at Gandhi Maidan/Civil Court, Patna, with overloading excluded. A fresh web search surfaced only recaps of the same April notification and May/September 2026 Lok Adalat rounds (Patna Press, Prabhat Khabar, GKToday, Indian Masterminds) — no November notification, no new sitting, no rate change. Facts unchanged. Re-checked 6 November 2026: the 23 June order (doc/175588204) still resolves at the cited Indian Kanoon link, quoting the fines as 'reduced by about 50%' (para 5) and the notification as extending 'only to the financial year 2026-27' (para 6). patnapress.com still resolves and still describes only the already-recorded 90+ day eligibility, 50% settlement, overloading exclusion, and the 7-11 September 2026 advance-deposit window ahead of the 12 September 2026 Lok Adalat. No newer notification or press coverage found. Facts unchanged. Re-checked 9 November 2026: the 23 June order (doc/175588204) still resolves at the cited Indian Kanoon link, quoting the fines as 'reduced by about 50%' (para 5) and the notification as extending 'only to the financial year 2026-27' (para 6). patnapress.com still resolves and still describes only the already-recorded 90+ day eligibility, 50% settlement, overloading exclusion, and the 7-11 September 2026 advance-deposit window ahead of the 12 September 2026 Lok Adalat. A fresh web search surfaced only recaps of the same April notification and May/September 2026 Lok Adalat rounds (Prabhat Khabar, Patna Press, GKToday, Indian Masterminds) — no newer notification, no new sitting, no rate change. Facts unchanged. 		30 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2027
Notification No. 3261 dated 30 April 2026 (Cabinet-approved, e-gazette published; recorded in the Patna High Court orders of 4 May and 23 June 2026 in CWJC No. 20071 of 2025)
cdnbbsr.s3waas.gov.in (official record)
Kerala Live
All vehicles: 50% of the fine waived
Kerala's Motor Vehicles Department opened a new e-Challan Amnesty Scheme on 1 November 2026, running until 31 January 2027: a 50% concession on fines for eligible MV Act/Rules challans issued by the MVD or Kerala Police up to 31 March 2026, where no court proceedings have started; later challans get no discount. It follows an e-Challan Amnesty Scheme announced in the state's revised 2026-27 Budget (presented 19 June 2026), but no G.O. or circular number for the scheme itself was found online as of this check. Confirmed instead against the MVD's own live application portal (services.mvd.kerala.gov.in/etax/otc), which today runs a 'One Time Challan Settlement Under Amnesty Scheme' application flow stating eligible challans are those 'generated up to March 31, 2026' with 'Payment deadline: January 31, 2027' — matching the press reports — and corroborated by two independent press reports (Onmanorama, 8 Oct 2026; The South First). Since the underlying order text itself was not read, readers should confirm the exact amount due on the MVD portal before paying. Re-checked 2 November 2026: the MVD's live application portal (services.mvd.kerala.gov.in/etax/otc) still runs the One Time Challan Settlement Under Amnesty Scheme flow, still stating challans 'generated up to March 31, 2026' are covered with a 'Payment deadline: January 31, 2027'. Onmanorama (8 Oct 2026) and The South First both still resolve with unchanged facts — 50% concession, pre-31 March 2026 challans only, court-proceedings-already-started excluded, 1 Nov 2026 to 31 Jan 2027 window. No newer order or press coverage found. Facts unchanged. Re-checked 4 November 2026: the MVD's live application portal (services.mvd.kerala.gov.in/etax/otc/application-closed) still runs the One Time Challan Settlement Under Amnesty Scheme flow, still showing challans 'generated up to March 31, 2026' as eligible with a 'Payment deadline: January 31, 2027', and the application form itself (not an application-closed notice) still active. Onmanorama (8 Oct 2026) and The South First both still resolve with the same 50% concession, pre-31 March 2026 eligibility, court-proceedings-excluded, and 1 Nov 2026-31 Jan 2027 window. A fresh web search found no official G.O./circular published for the scheme and no newer press coverage beyond these two reports. Facts unchanged. Re-checked 6 November 2026: the MVD's live application portal (services.mvd.kerala.gov.in/etax/otc/application-closed) still runs the One Time Challan Settlement Under Amnesty Scheme flow, still showing challans 'generated up to March 31, 2026' as eligible with a 'Payment deadline: January 31, 2027'. Onmanorama (8 Oct 2026) and The South First both still resolve with the same 50% concession, pre-31 March 2026 eligibility, court-proceedings-excluded, and 1 Nov 2026-31 Jan 2027 window. A fresh web search found no official G.O./circular published for the scheme and no newer press coverage beyond these two reports. Facts unchanged. Re-checked 9 November 2026: the MVD's live application portal (services.mvd.kerala.gov.in/etax/otc/application-closed) still runs the One Time Challan Settlement Under Amnesty Scheme flow, still stating challans 'generated up to March 31, 2026' are eligible with a 'Payment deadline: January 31, 2027'. Onmanorama (8 Oct 2026) and The South First both still resolve with the same 50% concession, pre-31 March 2026 eligibility, court-proceedings-excluded, and 1 Nov 2026-31 Jan 2027 window. A fresh web search found no official G.O./circular published for the scheme and no newer press coverage beyond these two reports. Facts unchanged. 		1 Nov 2026 – 31 Jan 2027 services.mvd.kerala.gov.in (official record)
Delhi Proposal Proposal only — nothing in force No challan amnesty is in force in Delhi. The Delhi Cabinet approved a one-time amnesty in principle around 12 November 2025 — reported waivers of 50-80% depending on vehicle class on compoundable challans up to 10 years old — but reporting through this check on 1 October 2026 says the proposal stalled on legal advice that challans already before a court cannot be waived without judicial approval, and the Cabinet referred it back to the Law Department to redraft a legally compliant version; no notification, gazette entry or departmental order has been published for it, and press reporting alone is not evidence of an order under our sourcing rule. The Delhi District Courts circulars list, checked again today, carries no circular on this scheme either. Treat the scheme as reported, not enacted, and expect no discount until an order is actually published. Delhi's settlement routes that do exist are the National Lok Adalat token system, the weekday evening traffic courts, and weekend traffic courts running at district court complexes since July 2026. Re-checked 28 October 2026: the420.in's article no longer resolves at all (the host itself fails DNS, not just the old URL) and has been dropped from sources — the claim still stands on the two surviving press sources (bharatspeaks.com and dailypioneer.com, both still resolving today with the same content) plus the Delhi District Courts circulars list, which still carries no circular on this scheme (most recent entries dated 16-24 October 2026, all about Lok Adalat staff deployment and court rosters, none about a fine waiver). A fresh search found no October 2026 notification, LG approval, or Cabinet order — the scheme remains stalled exactly as last recorded; facts otherwise unchanged. Re-checked 1 November 2026: bharatspeaks.com and dailypioneer.com both still resolve with the same content (the latter's reporting still shows the proposal as drafted-but-unapproved, with up to 60% waiver for personal/commercial vehicles, 70% for DTC buses and 80% for two/three-wheelers, none of it an enacted figure). The Delhi District Courts circulars list still carries no circular on this scheme — the most recent entries (23-30 October 2026) cover a Law Clerk recruitment notice, November duty rosters, and National Lok Adalat staffing for 25 October 2026, none about a fine waiver. No newer notification, LG approval or Cabinet order was found. Facts unchanged. — delhidistrictcourts.nic.in (official record)
Maharashtra Proposal Proposal only — nothing in force Maharashtra's transport department proposed a one-time settlement in August 2025: two- and three-wheeler owners would pay 25% of pending dues (effectively a 75% waiver), with a 50% waiver for violations cleared within 15 days, and smaller waivers for costlier vehicles, against roughly ₹2,500 crore outstanding statewide (₹1,817 crore in Mumbai alone since 2020). As of 1 November 2026 this remains a proposal under review by the Transport Secretary — no government order has been issued, so no discount is actually available. Re-checked 1 November 2026: freepressjournal.in's original report still resolves with unchanged facts, and highwaypolice.maharashtra.gov.in (fetched live today) carries no mention of any discount, settlement or amnesty scheme. A broader press search the same day found no 2026 notification formalising the proposal into an actual order. Until one is issued, the only settlement route is a National Lok Adalat sitting. — www.freepressjournal.in (press report — not an order)
Karnataka Closed
All vehicles: 50% of the pending fine waived
Karnataka's latest 50% concession window closed on 10 July 2026. It was the state's sixth such drive — ₹96.73 lakh was collected on day one (32,486 cases settled) and over ₹18.15 crore in the first 14 days (6,06,032 cases). These drives recur but each needs a fresh government announcement, made through the press rather than a standing published order — no official order for any drive is available online — and there is no discount between windows. Reconfirmed on 1 November 2026 (newsfirstprime.com and thehansindia.com both re-fetched and still resolve with unchanged figures): no new drive has been announced since the July window closed. A 7 October 2026 Hans India report on the state's ₹3,006.70 crore pending-fine backlog says motorists are delaying payment in expectation of 'another discount scheme' but does not report one as announced — the latest confirmation, as of today, that none exists yet. 		21 Jun 2026 – 10 Jul 2026 newsfirstprime.com (press report — not an order)
Odisha Closed
All vehicles: 50% of the prescribed fine (pay half)
Odisha's OTS, approved by the cabinet in September 2025 and notified on 17 September 2025 (Notification No. 11521), let violators settle e-challans pending as of 31 July 2025 at half the prescribed fine (for example ₹5,000 licence offences settled at ₹2,500); the State Transport Authority later added more MV Act sections to the scheme's scope by a follow-up order around 10 October 2025, within the same six-month window. Challans already sent to court as prosecution reports were excluded. The scheme ran for six months from notification, so the window ended around March 2026; re-checked 1 October 2026 against odishatransport.gov.in, which still shows only the September 2025 notification with no 2026 extension or new OTS order published, so status remains closed. (Some SEO/aggregator sites republish this 2025 scheme under 2026-dated headlines without citing any new notification number — not treated as evidence of a live 2026 scheme per CONTENT_STANDARDS rule 1.) Re-checked again 1 November 2026: all four listed sources re-fetched successfully with unchanged facts. This cycle's research also turned up a single press report (OdishaBytes, 'Odisha Rolls Out OTS Scheme For Traffic e-Challans Before March 14 National Lok Adalat', 14 March 2026) describing a Commerce & Transport Department gazette notification dated 12 March 2026 that revived OTS-style compounding (50% general reduction plus fixed per-offence caps) ahead of that day's National Lok Adalat. It was not corroborated by a second outlet and the gazette text itself could not be located online this cycle, so per CONTENT_STANDARDS rule 11 it is not recorded here as a separately sourced scheme — only flagged as an unconfirmed lead for a future check. No evidence of any OTS activity was found for the months since, so the scheme (including any March 2026 continuation of it) is treated as closed as of this re-verification. 		—
Commerce & Transport Department Notification No. 11521 dated 17 September 2025
odishatransport.gov.in (official record)
Andhra Pradesh No scheme — No challan discount or settlement scheme is in force in Andhra Pradesh — reconfirmed on 1 November 2026 against the Andhra Pradesh Transport Department's site (aptransport.org, which loaded in full today, with a Penalties section covering only Prosecution and Compounding, no discount/amnesty scheme) and a current press search, neither of which shows any new scheme announced. The central e-challan portal (echallan.parivahan.gov.in) returned HTTP 503 Service Unavailable when tried today, the same as prior cycles. Discounts here come only through National Lok Adalat sittings, where the bench decides each case individually. Check and pay challans at the full amount on the official e-challan portal. — echallan.parivahan.gov.in (official record)
Gujarat No scheme — No challan discount or settlement scheme is in force in Gujarat — reconfirmed on 1 November 2026 via a current press search, which again shows no Gujarat-specific traffic challan discount or settlement scheme announced. The central e-challan portal (echallan.parivahan.gov.in) returned HTTP 503 Service Unavailable when tried today, and this file carries no official Gujarat RTO/transport site to try, so this cycle's check again rests on the press search alone and should be re-checked against an official Gujarat site next cycle. Discounts here come only through National Lok Adalat sittings, where the bench decides each case individually. Check and pay challans at the full amount on the official e-challan portal. — echallan.parivahan.gov.in (official record)
Haryana No scheme — No challan discount or settlement scheme is in force in Haryana — reconfirmed on 1 November 2026 against the Haryana state transport department's site (hartrans.gov.in, which loaded in full today with no discount/amnesty scheme mentioned) and a current press search, neither of which shows any new scheme announced. The central e-challan portal (echallan.parivahan.gov.in) returned HTTP 503 Service Unavailable when tried today. Discounts here come only through National Lok Adalat sittings, where the bench decides each case individually. Check and pay challans at the full amount on the official e-challan portal. — echallan.parivahan.gov.in (official record)
Jammu & Kashmir No scheme — No challan discount or settlement scheme is in force in Jammu & Kashmir — reconfirmed on 1 November 2026 via a current press search, which again shows no new scheme announced. The J&K Traffic Police site (jktrafficpolice.nic.in) failed to resolve and the central e-challan portal (echallan.parivahan.gov.in) returned HTTP 503 Service Unavailable when both were tried during this check, so this cycle's check again rests on the press search alone and should be re-checked against an official site next cycle. Discounts here come only through National Lok Adalat sittings, where the bench decides each case individually. Check and pay challans at the full amount on the official e-challan portal. — echallan.parivahan.gov.in (official record)
Madhya Pradesh No scheme — No challan discount or settlement scheme is in force in Madhya Pradesh — a press/G.O. search on 1 October 2026 found no new scheme announced by the Madhya Pradesh transport department or police since the last check. Discounts here come only through National Lok Adalat sittings, where the bench decides each case individually. Check and pay challans at the full amount on the official e-challan portal. The official echallan.parivahan.gov.in portal (this record's sole official source) returned repeated HTTP 503 errors on 1 October 2026 and could not be fetched this cycle to directly confirm it still carries no scheme notice; last_verified is left unchanged pending a fetchable portal. Re-attempted 1 November 2026: echallan.parivahan.gov.in again returned HTTP 503, and transport.mp.gov.in and www.mppolice.gov.in (tried as alternates) also returned HTTP 503 — consistent with the gov.in/mp.gov.in TLS/availability pattern this run's connectivity sweep flagged. A broad press search the same day found no Madhya Pradesh-specific discount, concession or amnesty scheme announced (only other states' schemes, e.g. Kerala's and Bihar's, turned up). last_verified stays unchanged because no source actually loaded today either. — echallan.parivahan.gov.in (official record)
Rajasthan No scheme — No challan discount or settlement scheme is in force in Rajasthan — last confirmed against the state transport department's own site on 1 October 2026, which carried no scheme notice. On 1 November 2026 both listed sources (echallan.parivahan.gov.in and transport.rajasthan.gov.in) returned HTTP 503 and could not be re-fetched; a supplementary press search the same day found discount schemes newly running in Kerala, Bihar and Karnataka but nothing announced for Rajasthan. Discounts here come only through National Lok Adalat sittings, where the bench decides each case individually. Check and pay challans at the full amount on the official e-challan portal. last_verified is left unchanged pending a reachable official source. — echallan.parivahan.gov.in (official record)
Tamil Nadu No scheme — No challan discount or settlement scheme is in force in Tamil Nadu — a press/G.O. search on 1 October 2026 found no new scheme announced by the Tamil Nadu transport department or police since the last check. Discounts here come only through National Lok Adalat sittings, where the bench decides each case individually. Check and pay challans at the full amount on the official e-challan portal. The official echallan.parivahan.gov.in portal and tn.gov.in (this record's official sources) returned repeated HTTP 503 errors again on 1 November 2026 — the third consecutive month these have been unreachable — and could not be fetched this cycle; www.tnpolice.gov.in (also 503) and chennaitrafficpolice.gov.in (host unreachable from this session) were tried as alternates and also failed. A supplementary press search the same day found no scheme reported for Tamil Nadu. last_verified is left unchanged pending reachable portals. — echallan.parivahan.gov.in (official record)
Telangana No scheme — No discount scheme is in force in Telangana as of 1 November 2026. In January 2026 the Chief Minister ruled out challan discounts outright — 'not a single paisa should be reduced' — and proposed an auto-debit system for fines instead; re-verified today against telanganatoday.com, siasat.com and ouprephub.in (all loaded), no reversal of that position or new scheme has been reported. A fake '80% off at the Lok Adalat' message keeps recirculating on WhatsApp, Instagram and YouTube; Hyderabad's police commissioner publicly called it fake in March 2026. A separate fake '100% discount' claim was also denied, with Telangana's state legal services authority confirming no formal discount announcement alongside that December Lok Adalat sitting. The only genuine statewide discount so far was the one-time December 2023 G.O. 659 window. — telanganatoday.com (press report — not an order)
Uttar Pradesh No scheme — No challan discount or settlement scheme is in force in Uttar Pradesh — re-verified on 1 November 2026 against uppolice.gov.in, which loaded and carries no challan discount, concession or settlement notice (only an unrelated tender for auctioning seized vehicles). The official echallan.parivahan.gov.in portal and uptransport.upsdc.gov.in again returned HTTP 503/timeouts on 1 November 2026 and could not be fetched this cycle. A supplementary press search the same day found no new scheme announced by the Uttar Pradesh transport department or police. Discounts here come only through National Lok Adalat sittings, where the bench decides each case individually. Check and pay challans at the full amount on the official e-challan portal. — echallan.parivahan.gov.in (official record)
West Bengal No scheme — No challan discount or settlement scheme is in force in West Bengal — re-verified on 1 November 2026 against www.wbtrafficpolice.com, which loaded and shows only standing 'Online Fine Payment' and 'Compounding of traffic offences' links with no discount, concession or amnesty notice (Kolkata Traffic Police has run such a scheme before, a one-time fine settlement in Dec 2018-Feb 2019, but nothing current is in force). The official echallan.parivahan.gov.in portal and transport.wb.gov.in again returned HTTP 503 on 1 November 2026 and could not be fetched this cycle. A supplementary press search the same day found no new scheme announced by the West Bengal transport department or Kolkata/state traffic police. Discounts here come only through National Lok Adalat sittings, where the bench decides each case individually. Check and pay challans at the full amount on the official e-challan portal. — echallan.parivahan.gov.in (official record)

How much discount does a Lok Adalat actually give?

Nobody can tell you in advance, because there is no fixed figure. A National Lok Adalat settles each case by compromise, and the bench decides the settlement amount on the day — no state legal services authority publishes a percentage beforehand. Any forward that promises "75% off at the Lok Adalat" is quoting a number that does not exist in any order.

What the sitting does guarantee comes from Section 21 of the Legal Services Authorities Act 1987: an award is "deemed to be a decree of a civil court", it is "final and binding on all the parties to the dispute, and no appeal shall lie to any court against the award", and where the case was referred by a court the court-fee already paid is refunded.

Which challans qualify is set by Section 200 of the Motor Vehicles Act, and it is narrower than most people expect. Drunk driving is Section 185, which does not appear in the Section 200 list at all. Dangerous driving is Section 184, and Section 200 admits only clause (c) of the Explanation to it — using a handheld communication device while driving. Jumping a red light is clause (a) of that same Explanation, so it is not compoundable either. How the sittings work and what happens if you miss your slot are covered in our full e-challan Lok Adalat guide.

How does the Delhi token system work?

  1. Wait for the token window. There is no standing rule for when it opens: DSLSA issues a fresh notification for every edition, and the only window it has published so far opened 6 days ahead — for the 25 October 2026 sitting, whose download window opens on 19 October — the most recent edition DSLSA has published a window for (the 10 October edition it superseded would have opened 5 days ahead, on 5 October, and the 9 May 2026 sitting's window opened 5 days ahead too, on 4 May) — so 5-6 days ahead is DSLSA's observed pattern, not a fixed rule..
  2. Open traffic.delhipolice.gov.in/lokadalat/ and enter your vehicle number and the captcha. An OTP goes to the vehicle owner’s registered mobile number — update the number on the portal first if it is not registered.
  3. After OTP verification, select the challans and notices to be taken up, choose a court complex and a forenoon or afternoon slot.
  4. Submit and print the appointment slip. Carry the printout and the challans to the court complex on the sitting day — if you miss the date, you must book afresh for the next Lok Adalat.

For the 25 October 2026 sitting, DSLSA's notification (Ref. No. 10/DSLSA/ADRW/NLAs/2026/11105 dated 9 September 2026) said that compoundable challans pending till 30.06.2026 would be taken up, and that violators could download the challan slips from the Delhi Traffic Police link "from 19.10.2026 at 10 a.m. onwards, subject to a maximum limit of 50,000 challans per day, till exhausting the overall limit of 2 lakh challans" — the same cutoff date and caps carried over unchanged from the 10 October notification it replaced. That notification set no closing date for the download window and no per-vehicle limit — the window runs until the overall 2 lakh cap is exhausted, not until a fixed date. Delhi's National Lok Adalat has now moved twice: first from 12 September 2026 to 10 October 2026 (Ref. No. 10/DSLSA/ADRW/NLAs/2026/10673 dated 25 August 2026, because the Delhi High Court had declared 12 September a court sitting day for subordinate courts), then from 10 October 2026 to 25 October 2026 (Ref. No. 10/DSLSA/ADRW/NLAs/2026/11105 dated 9 September 2026, because the Delhi High Court's Notification No.86/G-4/Genl.-I/DHC dated 8 September 2026 declared 10 October itself a court sitting day for subordinate courts). Re-checked 1 October 2026: fetched the Ref. No. 11105 PDF directly (its text is machine-readable, not image-scanned as an earlier check assumed) via dslsa.org's own listing, and independently corroborated the 25 October date, the 19 October token-window opening, and the unchanged caps/cutoff against press coverage (Sunday Guardian, Inkl); no newer DSLSA notification supersedes these facts as of this check. Re-checked 5 October 2026 (within the 21-day window of the 25 October sitting): dslsa.org's public-notices listing, sorted newest first, still shows the 09.09.2026 postponement notice as the latest Lok-Adalat-dated item on file (newest listed notice overall is an unrelated 03.10.2026 empanelment circular) — no further postponement or token-window change has been published. Re-checked 9 October 2026: dslsa.org's public-notices listing again shows no notice newer than the 09.09.2026 postponement bearing on the Lok Adalat date or token window (newer listed items are unrelated empanelment/recruitment notices) — the 25 October date, 19 October window opening, and caps stand unchanged. Re-checked 12 October 2026: dslsa.org's notice listing still shows no item dated after 09.09.2026 concerning the Lok Adalat date or token window — facts unchanged. Re-checked 14 October 2026: dslsa.org's public-notices category listing (newest first) still shows nothing newer than the 09.09.2026 postponement notice bearing on the Lok Adalat date or token window (newer items are unrelated empanelment, recruitment and pro-bono-appointment notices dated 15.09.2026 through 03.10.2026) — the 25 October date, 19 October window opening, and caps stand unchanged. Re-checked 16 October 2026: dslsa.org's notice listing and the Delhi Traffic Police Lok Adalat portal still show no notification newer than the 09.09.2026 postponement bearing on the Lok Adalat date or token window — the 25 October date, 19 October window opening, and caps stand unchanged. Re-checked 19 October 2026 (the day the token window itself opens): dslsa.org's public-notices category listing, sorted newest first, still shows the 09.09.2026 postponement notice (Ref. No. 11105) as the latest Lok-Adalat-dated item on file — no further postponement or token-window change has been published; the Delhi Traffic Police Lok Adalat portal (a JS application) loads but exposes no window-status text server-side to check directly. The 25 October sitting date, the 19 October 10 a.m. window opening, the 50,000/day and 2-lakh-overall caps, and the 30.06.2026 cutoff stand unchanged. Re-checked 21 October 2026 (4 days before the sitting): dslsa.org's public-notices category listing, sorted newest first, still shows the 09.09.2026 postponement notice (Ref. No. 11105) as the latest Lok-Adalat-dated item on file (newer listed items are unrelated empanelment/recruitment notices dated 15.09.2026 through 03.10.2026) — no further postponement or token-window change has been published. The 25 October sitting date, the 19 October 10 a.m. window opening, the 50,000/day and 2-lakh-overall caps, and the 30.06.2026 cutoff stand unchanged. Re-checked 23 October 2026 (2 days before the sitting): dslsa.org's public-notices category listing, sorted newest first, still shows nothing newer than the 09.09.2026 postponement notice (Ref. No. 11105) bearing on the Lok Adalat date or token window — the newest listed items (22.10.2026) are an Accounts Officer result and a NALSA deputation-post extension, unrelated. Press coverage this week (Aaj Tak, Dainik Jagran, News24) corroborates the same facts already recorded here — 25 October sitting, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at seven district court complexes, booking/download opened 19 October, 50,000/day and 2-lakh-overall caps, challans up to 30.06.2026 eligible — and adds that a vehicle owner may settle at most seven challans in one sitting (not previously recorded; added as a fact worth noting but not verified against an official DSLSA/Delhi Police source text, only press). No further postponement or token-window change found. Facts unchanged. Re-checked 1 November 2026, after the 25 October sitting has passed: dslsa.org's Latest Updates list (newest first) shows nothing dated after 09.09.2026 concerning a Lok Adalat date or token window — the newest items (31.10.2026) are LSA empanelment-extension and panel-result notices, unrelated. delhidistrictcourts.nic.in's circulars list confirms the 25 October sitting actually took place (a 24.10.2026 order deployed Group-C staff to Tis Hazari Courts for the 25.10.2026 National Lok Adalat). The original 13.01.2026 DSLSA annual notice (Ref. No. 01/DSLSA/ADRW/NLAs/2026/388, re-fetched today) still lists the 4th National Lok Adalat for 12 December 2026 nationally, and no postponement notice for that date has been published by DSLSA as of today — nalsa.gov.in's own national-lok-adalat page remains stale (last updated April 2025, lists only the March and May 2026 sittings) and is not a useful cross-check. Facts unchanged; no update needed to national_sittings or delhi_token for this cycle.

Outside National Lok Adalat dates, Delhi's district court complexes have run weekend traffic courts since July 2026, alongside evening traffic courts on working days. Challan slips are downloaded from the Delhi Traffic Police portal, choosing a court complex and a slot; the rosters are published as circulars by the district courts. Delhi also runs evening traffic courts.

Is the '80% discount' message real?

Warning:

No — it is a rumour. No current government order gives an 80% discount on traffic challans anywhere in India. The viral "80% off at the Lok Adalat" message keeps recirculating on WhatsApp, Instagram and YouTube; Hyderabad's police commissioner publicly called it fake in March 2026. The only 80% waiver that ever existed was Telangana's one-time December 2023 window (G.O. 659), closed since 10 January 2024.

The same forwards often link to clone e-challan portals and apps built to harvest card details. A real discount always has a government order behind it and shows up on the official payment portal itself — never only in a forward. Pay only on the official portals linked from our state pages; Telangana Police, for example, says to trust SMS only from the sender header "ECHALN-*".

Frequently asked questions

Is there a 50% discount on traffic challans right now?

Only where a state government order says so, for a fixed window. As of today, Bihar (running until 31 March 2027) and Kerala (running until 31 January 2027) have the only live schemes among the 16 states we track. The tracker table on this page shows every state’s verified status with its order or source.

How much discount does a Lok Adalat give on a traffic challan?

There is no fixed percentage. The settlement figure is decided by the bench on the day, case by case — no state legal services authority publishes a discount in advance. What is certain is that a settled case closes that day and the award is final, with no appeal.

Is the 80% traffic challan discount message real?

No. No current government order gives an 80% discount anywhere in India. The viral ‘80% off’ message keeps recirculating and Hyderabad’s police commissioner publicly called it fake in March 2026. The only 80% waiver that ever existed was Telangana’s one-time December 2023 window (G.O. 659), closed since 10 January 2024.

When is the next National Lok Adalat for traffic challans?

The next National Lok Adalat sits on 12 December 2026 — the last one of the year. They follow the NALSA calendar — four second Saturdays a year — and most states sit on that date, but a state legal services authority can move its own sitting. Karnataka is not sitting on 12 September 2026. The Karnataka State Legal Services Authority postponed the third National Lok Adalat to Saturday 19 September 2026, 2.00 p.m. to 5.30 p.m., by letter No. KSLSA:08/NLA/2026 dated 18 August 2026, addressed to every District Legal Services Authority in the state. If your challan is in Karnataka, 19 September is the date that applies to you. Delhi's National Lok Adalat has moved twice. It was first postponed from 12 September 2026 to Saturday 10 October 2026, by Ref. No. 10/DSLSA/ADRW/NLAs/2026/10673 dated 25 August 2026, because the Delhi High Court had declared 12 September a court sitting day for courts subordinate to it (Notification No.85/G-4/Genl.-I/DHC dated 21 August 2026). It was then postponed again, from 10 October 2026 to Sunday 25 October 2026, by Ref. No. 10/DSLSA/ADRW/NLAs/2026/11105 dated 9 September 2026, because the Delhi High Court declared 10 October itself a court sitting day for subordinate courts (Notification No.86/G-4/Genl.-I/DHC dated 8 September 2026). If your challan is in Delhi, 25 October 2026 is the date that applies to you, and the traffic-challan token download window now opens 19 October 2026 at 10 a.m., not 5 October.

How do I get a token for the Delhi traffic Lok Adalat?

Book on traffic.delhipolice.gov.in/lokadalat/ once the window opens. Delhi's National Lok Adalat has moved twice. It was first postponed from 12 September 2026 to Saturday 10 October 2026, by Ref. No. 10/DSLSA/ADRW/NLAs/2026/10673 dated 25 August 2026, because the Delhi High Court had declared 12 September a court sitting day for courts subordinate to it (Notification No.85/G-4/Genl.-I/DHC dated 21 August 2026). It was then postponed again, from 10 October 2026 to Sunday 25 October 2026, by Ref. No. 10/DSLSA/ADRW/NLAs/2026/11105 dated 9 September 2026, because the Delhi High Court declared 10 October itself a court sitting day for subordinate courts (Notification No.86/G-4/Genl.-I/DHC dated 8 September 2026). If your challan is in Delhi, 25 October 2026 is the date that applies to you, and the traffic-challan token download window now opens 19 October 2026 at 10 a.m., not 5 October. Enter your vehicle number, verify the OTP sent to the registered mobile number, pick a court complex and slot, and print the appointment slip. For the 25 October 2026 sitting, DSLSA's notification (Ref. No. 10/DSLSA/ADRW/NLAs/2026/11105 dated 9 September 2026) said that compoundable challans pending till 30.06.2026 would be taken up, and that violators could download the challan slips from the Delhi Traffic Police link "from 19.10.2026 at 10 a.m. onwards, subject to a maximum limit of 50,000 challans per day, till exhausting the overall limit of 2 lakh challans" — the same cutoff date and caps carried over unchanged from the 10 October notification it replaced.

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