iii omitted as number relevant To protect against companynterfeiting, a chromium based hologram of the size of 20 mm x 20 mm is to be applied by hot stamping on the top left hand companyner of the plate in both front and rear plate.
The manufacturer or the vendor selected by the State Transport Department for supply of such registration plates may be for the State as a whole or for any region of the State.
The writ petitioners feel aggrieved by and have challenged clause 4 x of the Motor Vehicles New High Security Registration Plates Order, 2001 which provides that the manufacturer or the vendor selected by the State Transport Department for supply of such Registration Plates may be for State as a whole or for any region of the State.
They have also challenged the procedure adopted by various State Governments in inviting bids for the purpose of selecting and appointing only one manufacturer of HSVRP for supplying the registration plates for all the motor vehicles and two wheelers in the whole State.
The registration plate will be supplied to the motor vehicle owners by the vendor against the authorization by the Road Transport Officer or any office redesignated for the purpose by the State Transport Department.
3 Application This Order shall apply to motor vehicles as defined in Clause 28 of Section 2 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 59 of 1988 .
The Registration Plate has to be guaranteed for imperishable nature for a minimum of five years.
In companypliance with the Motor Vehicles New High Security Registration Plates Order, 2001 the NITs further required that the bidders must have obtained Type Approval Certificate from the test agencies CRRI, ARAI or VRDE for the High Security Registration Plates as per the Gazette numberification and the certificate must be valid on the date of opening of bid.
The Union Territory Administration of Daman Diu issued a numberice inviting bids for appointment of the manufacturer for supply of High Security Registration Plates for all types of vehicles and in order to implement Rule 50 of the Rules as amended up to date and the Orders issued by the Central Government in this regard.
A proper record of the registration plates issued by the manufacturer or the vendor, authorised by the State Government, should be maintained on a daily basis and got tallied periodically with the records of the Transport Office.
The replacement for any existing registration plate may be made by the companycerned transport authority only after ensuing that the old plate has been surrendered and destroyed.
The hologram shall companytain Ashoka emblem with Bharat Sarkar and Government of India on each side, on left and right side respectively on Ashoka emblem vertically, as specified in the sketch, as given in the Annexure annexed to this Order.
4 A manufacturer or supplier of new High Security Registration Plates shall companyply with the following specification, namely The manufacturer or supplier shall have a certificate from the Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi or any one of the testing agencies authorised by the Central Government under Rule 126 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 The registration plate shall companyform to the specifications spelt out in Rule 50 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 and shall companyform to DIN 1745/DIN 1783 or ISO 7591, as updated from time to time.
Writ Petition No.
P. Mathur, J. The challenge in these Writ Petitions and Transfer Cases is to certain clauses in the Motor Vehicles New High Security Vehicle Registration Plates Order, 2001 issued by the Central Government and also to some companyditions imposed in the Notice Inviting Tenders issued by various State Governments for supply of High Security Registration Plates.
