Spot Fine Management
Digital issuance, payment and category-wise analytics for civic-violation fines — Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation.
Civic enforcement officers issue and collect spot fines digitally through a mobile app, covering violations such as public littering, illegal waste disposal, unhygienic premises and unauthorised sewage or septage discharge. Every challan is logged with photo evidence and reconciled online, giving citizens transparent, real-time visibility into enforcement and collections.
How a spot fine is issued & paid
Violation detected
A civic enforcement officer identifies a violation during a ward inspection, drive, or citizen complaint.
Digital challan issued
The officer logs the violation on the Spot Fine mobile app with photo evidence, category and the tariff-linked amount.
Citizen pays instantly
The offender pays on the spot via UPI/QR, or afterwards on the Spot Fine portal using the challan number.
Reconciled in real time
Payments post directly to the municipal account and roll up into the ward- and category-wise collection dashboard.
Collections by violation category
Top 8 categories by amount collected shown above · full breakdown of all 11 categories below.
Full category-wise summary
| Fine category | Count | Total amount |
|---|---|---|
| Public littering | 176 | ₹23,977 |
| Burning of garbage | 108 | ₹10,072 |
| Public Littering | 15 | ₹7,309 |
| test_tvm | 6 | ₹2,675 |
| demo | 31 | ₹2,548 |
| public littering | 42 | ₹2,313 |
| Test6 | 2 | ₹800 |
| താങ്കളും മറ്റു ജീവനക്കാരും മുനിസിപ്പൽ ലൈസൻസ് കരസ്ഥമാക്കിയിട്ടില്ല | 2 | ₹400 |
| titl | 1 | ₹220 |
| മുനിസിപ്പൽ ലൈസൻസ് പരിശോധനക്ക് ഹാജരാക്കിയിട്ടില്ല | 1 | ₹170 |
| മുനിസിപ്പൽ ലൈസൻസ് പരിശോധനക്ക് ഹാജരാക്കിയിട്ടില്ല | 1 | ₹30 |
| Grand summary | 385 | ₹50,514 |
- Every challan is issued with GPS-stamped location and photo evidence from the officer's mobile app.
- Payments are accepted instantly by UPI/QR at the spot, or later online with the challan number.
- Public littering is the single largest category, accounting for over 47% of amount collected.
- Unpaid challans can be escalated and may affect trade licence renewal for shops and establishments.
- Category-wise collection summaries are published for public transparency.
Frequently asked questions
Only authorised civic enforcement officers and health inspectors of Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation, using the Spot Fine mobile app, can issue a digital challan.
You can pay instantly by UPI or QR code at the spot when the officer issues the challan, or later online at the Spot Fine portal using the challan number.
The challan stays active online. Unpaid fines can be escalated as per corporation bylaws and may affect trade licence renewal for shops and establishments.
Yes. Raise a dispute through the Complaint Redressal page quoting your challan number, along with any supporting evidence, and the corporation will review it.
Common categories include littering, open burning of plastic waste, illegal waste collection or disposal, unhygienic shop surrounds, sewage/septage discharge at public places, and failure to show a trade licence or health card.
Yes. Category-wise counts and amounts collected are published for transparency, as summarised on this page.
Call to report a violation, dispute a challan, or ask about payment status — available 24×7.