Last updated: 6 October 2026
Quick Answer: Your driving licence receipt downloads from the Parivahan Sarathi portal, in the Fee Payments section, under the EPayment menu's Print Receipt option. Select your state first, then enter your application number, date of birth and the captcha code. If money left your account but no receipt appeared, run Verify Pay Status before you pay again.
A driving license receipt is proof that your learner's licence or driving licence fee reached the transport department. You pull it yourself from the Parivahan Sarathi portal, with no login and no office visit. Parivahan also asks you to carry a copy to the Regional Transport Office (RTO).
Driving licence receipt at a glance
| Detail | What applies |
|---|---|
| What it proves | The LL or DL fee reached the department against your application number |
| Where you get it | Parivahan Sarathi portal → Fee Payments → EPayment menu → Print Receipt |
| What you enter | Application number, date of birth and the captcha code |
| If payment looks stuck | Verify Pay Status: application number, date of birth, captcha |
| Fees covered | Application Fee, Additional Fee, Retest Fee |
| Who runs it | Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) via Sarathi |
| Needed at the RTO | Yes. Parivahan lists the fee receipt among the papers to carry |
How do you download a driving licence payment receipt from Sarathi?
You download it from Sarathi's Fee Payments section, using the Print Receipt option inside the EPayment menu. The portal asks for your application number, date of birth and a captcha, so a DL payment receipt takes under a minute.
- Open the Sarathi state-selection page and choose the state where you applied.
- In the top menu, click Fee Payments, then Fee Payments again. That opens the EPayment module.
- In the EPAYMENT menu, choose PRINT RECEIPT.
- Enter your application number, your date of birth as DD-MM-YYYY, and the captcha code on screen.
- Click GET DETAILS, then print or save the receipt. The same route handles a driving licence fee receipt reprint.
Parivahan gives the same path for a retest payment: select your state, then Fee Payments, then Fee Payments. A Parivahan payment receipt and a driving license receipt are the same document from this one screen.
What details does the Print Receipt page ask for?
Three, and all three are marked mandatory: your application number, your date of birth as DD-MM-YYYY, and the captcha code. Verify Pay Status asks for the same three, so the screens differ by their button rather than their fields, GET DETAILS against Verify. Your application number is on the acknowledgement you saved when you applied.
Is the learner's licence receipt different from the DL receipt?
No. Both run through the same EPayment module and the same Print Receipt option. The receipt is tied to an application number, so a learner's licence and a permanent driving licence application each have their own, even for one person. The learner's licence card itself prints from the Learner Licence menu, so see how to download your learner's licence online.
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What should you do if the fee was debited but no receipt appeared?
Run Verify Pay Status before you pay a second time. Payment verification on Sarathi sits in the same EPayment menu and tells you whether the portal recorded the money against your application.
Open EPayment, choose VERIFY PAY STATUS, enter your application number, date of birth and the captcha, then press Verify. If the payment shows up, go straight to Print Receipt.
Two things to know before paying again:
- Every payment attempt gets its own Sarathi Token Number. When one fails, the portal starts a fresh payment with a new token rather than retrying the old one, so a second attempt is a second transaction.
- The portal does not display a fixed waiting time. Re-check Verify Pay Status instead of guessing, because a duplicate payment has to be refunded by the department, not reversed on the portal.
Still nothing? Your bank reference and application number are what the office needs. Sarathi carries a File Your Grievance option, and your state transport department or RTO settles a stuck or duplicate payment.
Where is the driving license receipt used?
At the RTO. Parivahan's learner's licence FAQ lists the fee receipt alongside the printed acknowledgement, Form 1 and your appointment letter, and says to carry a copy of it even after a successful online submission. It belongs with the other documents required for a driving licence.
Check the amount against Parivahan's licensing fees and charges table rather than a figure quoted elsewhere. Those charges are set centrally, and that table is what your RTO works from.
Whether your RTO wants a paper printout or accepts it on your phone is a local call, so check your RTO before test day. The receipt is not the licence: once issued, you download the driving licence itself with your DL number.
Can you get the receipt if you have lost your application number?
Yes. Sarathi's Others menu carries a Find Application Number option, and Print Receipt will not run without it. Recover it there, then return to Fee Payments.
The same Others menu holds Application Status, where you print the acknowledgement listing the documents your office wants. Between them you can rebuild the whole paper set without visiting anyone.
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