diff --git a/app/Controllers/EnquiryController.php b/app/Controllers/EnquiryController.php
index 335f696..3b67459 100644
--- a/app/Controllers/EnquiryController.php
+++ b/app/Controllers/EnquiryController.php
@@ -712,7 +712,9 @@ class EnquiryController extends ResourceController
             ])->setStatusCode(400);
         }
 
-        if ($reg_no == 'New' || $reg_no == 'new' || $reg_no == 'NEW') {
+        $normalized_input = strtoupper(preg_replace('/[^A-Za-z0-9]/', '', $reg_no));
+
+        if ($normalized_input === 'NEW') {
             return $this->response->setJSON([
                 "status"  => "not exists",
                 "message" => "No active record found for this vehicle number in enquiries."
@@ -723,34 +725,33 @@ class EnquiryController extends ResourceController
         // Get the LATEST ACTIVE enquiry record for the registration number
         $enquiry = $this->db->table("partner_enquiry")
             ->select("*")
-            ->where("reg_no", $reg_no)
-            ->where("is_active", 1) // Only consider active enquiries
+            ->where("is_active", 1)
+            ->groupStart()
+                // This replaces common separators in the DB column with empty strings
+                ->where("REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(reg_no, ' ', ''), '-', ''), '.', '') =", $normalized_input)
+            ->groupEnd()
             ->orderBy("id", "DESC")
             ->get()
             ->getRowArray();
 
-        // If no active enquiry is found, the vehicle is considered 'not' a duplicate
         if (!$enquiry) {
             return $this->response->setJSON([
                 "status"  => "not exists",
-                "message" => "No active record found for this vehicle number in enquiries."
+                "message" => "No active record found for $reg_no"
             ]);
         }
 
         // NOTE: The previous check for $enquiry["is_active"] == 0 is now redundant 
         // because the query already filters for where("is_active", 1).
-
         // --- 3. Step 2: Check in partner_policy (Active Policy for Enquiry) ---
         // Get the LATEST ACTIVE policy for the found enquiry
         $policy = $this->db->table("partner_policy")
-            ->select("*")
             ->where("enquiry_id", $enquiry["id"])
-            ->where("is_active", 1) // Only consider active policies
+            ->where("is_active", 1)
             ->orderBy("id", "DESC")
             ->get()
             ->getRowArray();
 
-        // If no active policy is found for the active enquiry, return "not"
         if (!$policy) {
             return $this->response->setJSON([
                 "status"  => "exists",
@@ -782,15 +783,5 @@ class EnquiryController extends ResourceController
             "message" => "Policy exists but is expired for vehicle number " . $reg_no
         ]);
     }
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-
 
 }