regular expression for indian vehicle number

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i need validation for indian vehicle NUMBER

here are condition list

let expression is (x)(y)(z)(m)(a)(b)(c)

1. (x) contains only alphabets of length 2.

2. (y) may be - or single space ' '

3. (z) contains only numbers of length 2

4. (m) may be or , or single space ' '

5. length of (a) can be 2 or 3. contains alphanumeric value with minimum one alphabetic character.

6. (b) may be - or single space ' ' ( similar to (y) )

7. (c) contains only numbers of length 4

i show you the various examples of vehicle number

valid number

RJ-14,NL-1234
RJ-01,4M-5874
RJ-07,14M-2345
RJ 07,3M 2345
RJ-07,3M-8888
RJ 07 4M 2345
RJ 07,4M 2933

invalid number

RJ-07 3M 1234 ( both (y) and (b) should be same).

RJ-07 M3-1234 ((a) must ends with alphabat).

rj-07 M3-123 ( length of (c) must be 4).

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