Re: High Security Vehicle Registration Plates (IND)
SC sets March 31 deadline on HSRP
Published on: January 21, 2012 - 01:34
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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday set a deadline of March 31 for implementation of its order on high security registration plates for motor vehicles with a warning that failure by state governments and Union territories to comply with its order would invite contempt action.
The apex court said it was “closing the chapter” on the issue of tamper-free high security number plates in vehicles by giving a period by which the entire process has to be completed.
“Hereafter, no application will be entertained on the issue. We are giving March 31 as the last date for implementation of the scheme, otherwise contempt action would be initiated,” a bench headed by the Chief Justice of India, Mr Justice S H Kapadia said.
The bench, also comprising Mr Justice A K Patnaik and Mr Justice Swatanter Kumar, expressed its displeasure that despite its warning of initiating contempt action, many of the states failed to file their affidavits in terms of its December 8, 2011 order.
It must be recalled that the Minister of State of Road Transport and Highways, Dr Tushar A. Choudhary in a written reply in Lok Sabha, November, last year, said that the high security registration plates have been made mandatory for all types of motor vehicles including old vehicles in the country. Rule 50 of Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 was amended in March, 2001 to mandate fitment of high security registration plates in all categories of new as well as in-use motor vehicles. The central government has notified the standards and specifications of HSRP.
The central government has also notified the testing agencies that are to test the plates based on the prescribed specifications and issue type approval certificate to vendors, and also the date of implementation of the scheme, which is the responsibility of the state governments. The states are to select the vendors from among those who have been given Type Approval Certificate by the authorized testing agencies under Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989.
As per information available with the ministry, eighteen vendors have already obtained type-approval certificates for HSRP from the notified agencies.
The selection of vendor and finalisation of price of HSRP in the various States/UTs is to be done by each state government/UT administration in accordance with the relevant rules and procedural instructions as applicable in the respective States/UTs. The price of the HSRP may, therefore, vary from state to state. No state government has, however reported non-availability of HSRP with the vendors.
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