No resale of vehicles without high-security number plates in Haryana
Parveen Arora
Tribune News Service
Karnal, September 17
The transport authorities in the state have made high-security registration plates (HSRPs) mandatory for vehicles manufactured before April 2019. Besides, no fitness certificate will be issued to vehicles without the HSRP.
Karnal Sub-divisional Magistrate (SDM) Ayush Sinha has confirmed this.
To make sure the order is implemented, the authorities have banned the sale of second-hand vehicles without the HSRP.
Earlier, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways had made the HSRP mandatory for vehicles manufactured on or after April 1, 2019.
The Transport Commissioner, Haryana, has issued directions to all Additional Deputy Commissioners (ADCs)-cum-Secretaries, Regional Transport Authority (RTA), and SDMs-cum-Registering Authorities to implement the order. Vehicle owners will be challaned if they fail to affix the HSRP.
The authorities have been asked to send every month a report on the progress made in implementing the order to the headquarters. Even the progress report of field officers will be submitted to the Supreme Court.
SDM Sinha said, “We have received a copy of the directions from the Transport Commissioner, Haryana. As per the order, second-hand vehicles cannot be sold without the HSRP. Even fitness certificate will not be issued.”
To affix the HSRP, a special window has been opened at SARAL Kendra in the Mini-secretariat here. People will have to register themselves there. They will get a message on their mobile phone, informing them the number plate is ready.
