Chandigarh, Nov. 20 -- The Punjab government on Wednesday told the Punjab and Haryana high court that the backlog printing of 4.27 lakh registration certificates (RCs) of vehicles and driving licences (DLs) has been cleared by the transport authorities.

During the resumed hearing of a public interest litigation (PIL), the state's counsel told the court that the total pendency was 4.34 lakh, and only 6,176 are pending now.

The information was shared before the bench of chief justice Sheel Nagu and justice Sanjiv Berry during the resumed hearing of the PIL by one Neha Sharma, who had alleged serious delays faced by vehicle purchasers in Punjab in receiving their RCs and driving licences in the petition moved in April 2025.

The plea furth...