10 applicants for 0001 in new series Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 8
The craze for vanity numbers in the new series, CH01 AP, is all set to reach a new crescendo with over 500 applications received for the auction scheduled for tomorrow. Last time, the vanity number, 0001, in the series CH01 AN was bought by Amritsar-based business tycoon Jagjit Singh Chahal for a whopping Rs 17 lakh for his Toyota Land Cruiser.
This time there are 10 applicants for 0001 and the bidding could see the number again attracting a high bid. Similarly, the numbers, 0009, 0010 and 9999, have attracted ten applications each.
In the auction for 0001 in the CH 01 AM series, former Haryana DGP SPS Rathore had made a bid of Rs 9.05 lakh to get the number for his swanky Mercedes car.

Sources in the Registration and Licensing Authority (RLA) said other numbers that had attracted more than one applicant were 0002, 0003, 0004, 0005, 0006, 0007, 0011 and some unique combinations. The advance payment for booking these numbers is between Rs 5,000 and Rs 25,000, depending on the specific number.