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PANAJI
The State government has instructed owners of all vehicles registered prior to April 1 to fit High Security Registration Plates (HSRP) to their vehicles, adding that the process would begin from October and would go on till August 2020.
In a public notice, the Director of Transport Rajan Satardekar stated that the State government had selected M/s Real Mazon India Limited agency to supply HSRP, to be fitted on the vehicles.
The Transport department said the process to install HSRP on vehicles would begin from October 1 and continue till August 2020.
The department has released a detailed schedule for vehicles to be fitted with HSPR, based on the registration numbers.
According to the month-wise schedule, vehicles from all series from 0001 to 1000 will be covered starting from October, followed by all series 1001 to 2000 (Nov 2019), 2001 to 3000 (Dec 2019), 3001 to 4000 (Jan 2020), 4001 to 5000 (Feb 2020), 5001 to 6000 (March 2020), 6001 to 7000 (April 2020), 7001 to 8000
(May 2020), 8001 to 9000 (June 2020) and 9001 to 9999 (July 2020).
Vehicles which have defaulted the allotted time will be fitted with HSRP in August 2020.
The transport department has stated that vehicles plying on the road fitted with imitation HSRPs/Anti-Theft Registration Plates/Smart Number Plates or plates with lookalike security features such as Hologram/IND mark/”INDIA” inscription etc. shall within one month from the appointed date replace their registration plates to HSRP issued only through the Registering Authority by the authorized vendor, M/s Real Mazon India Ltd (RMIL), appointed by the government.
“Henceforth in case of commercial vehicles, fitment of HSRP will be a precondition for payment of taxes/renewal of permits/renewal of fitness certificates and change in documents such as ownership/HPA endorsement/HP Termination etc.”
“M/s Real Mazon India Limited, shall be the sole and exclusive supplier for HSRP within the State for a period of 5 years from the date of implementation of the order, for vehicles registered prior to April 1,” the notice stated.
The transport department stated that the HSRP shall be supplied to motor vehicle owners at rates dependent on the category of vehicles, which would be chargeable from vehicle owners.
