The Bombay High Court has ordered action against Regional Transport Office-RTO officials who did not follow the Central Motor Vehicles Rules when renewing fitness certificates of transport vehicles. While hearing a public interest litigation filed by Shrikant Karve, the court also asked the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) to conduct surprise visits at all the RTOs in the state to ensure that fitness certificates were being issued in a proper way by adhering to the rules.The division bench headed by Justice Abhay Oka has also directed the state to conduct a special, one month-long drive for identifying the transport vehicles whose fitness certificates have lapsed and take a strict action against the owners. The court has asked the state government to provide adequate staff and necessary infrastructure to all the RTOs in Maharashtra. It has further directed that government to start the process of interlinking all the RTOs through the Internet, so that data can be accessed anywhere.