Even as the 50 per cent office attendance rule has hit the meter upgrade process in the city with auto and cab drivers at RTO offices seeking an extension to the deadline, meter repairers have been refusing to co-operate after the RTO asked them to use an app and get the process online.

At present, a large number of autos and taxis in Mumbai are plying with old meters and commuters have to depend on the new tariff card. The meters are being recalibrated as per the new tariff card, but the process has been taking time.