The State Government has made affixation of High-Security Registration Plates (HSRPs) mandatory for all class of old vehicles which were registered prior to April 1, 2019.
Earlier, the HRPS has already been made mandatory for all new vehicles registered on or after 1 April, 2019.
Vehicle owners have been given at least thre months’ time to fix the HSRP on old vehicles before enforcement is undertaken by the Transport Department and police officials. Accordingly, different deadlines have been set for vehicles as per its registration number.
As per the order, August 31, 2022 is the deadline for the vehicles carrying Odisha registration mark and registration number ending with 1 and 2, while September 31, October 31 and November 30 is the deadline for the Odisha registration vehicles with numbers ending with 3 and 4, 5 and 6 and 7 and 8, respectively.
Similarly, the vehicle owners carrying Odisha registration mark and registration number ending with 9 and 0 would have to affix the HSRP by December 31.
If the vehicle owners fail to replace the existing number plates with HRPS before the above-mentioned deadlines, e-challans will be issued against the offending vehicle and attract fine of Rs 5,000 or Rs 10,000 under Section 192 of MV Act, 1988 as the case may be.
The order also said that legal action would be initiated against dealers or any other person found to be selling and supplying HSRPs in the State without being authorised by vehicle manufacturers.
As per the guidelines issued by the Transport Commissioner, HSRP would be affixed by the vehicle manufacturers (OEMs) and their authorised dealers only. Only the HSRP vendor authorised by the vehicle manufacturers (OEMs) would supply the HSRPs only to their authorised dealers.