Orissa High Court to watch fitment of HSRPs after deadline extension
3 min readBy Express News Service
CUTTACK: The Orissa High Court on Friday mounted October 26 to evaluate the end result of deadline extension by one month for fitment of High-Security Registration Plates (HSRP) towards on-line reserving by car house owners within the State.
The courtroom was listening to a PIL on allegedly unreasonable and impractical HSRP deadlines and not using a system in place for the car house owners to use for it. The petition additionally highlighted the shortage of available facility for on-line reserving by a big part of the State’s inhabitants, particularly within the rural areas. Two bus house owners, Pabitra Mohan Khatua and Madhav Mohanty filed the PIL.
The division bench of Chief Justice S Muralidhar and Justice Chittaranjan Dash mounted the date after the State Transport Authority (STA) counsel acknowledged earlier than it that steps have been taken to allow car house owners to e book fitment of HSRP and make cost on-line all through the State by involving Jana Seva Kendras/Mo Seva Kendras/Post Offices and by organising camps at completely different areas the place web services is insufficient.
When particularly requested by the courtroom as as to if the deadline which expires right now (September 30, 2022) is being prolonged, the STA counsel answered within the affirmative and stated additionally it is being prolonged by one month to October 31.
The STA had additionally filed an affidavit in response to the petition. Petitioners’ counsel Kajal Sahoo identified to the courtroom that reviews recommend slots for fitment of HSRP towards on-line bookings weren’t accessible until December.
The bench took observe of it and stated, “Let’s see what happens by October 26.”
Later within the day, STA issued a notification which prolonged the deadline for automobiles carrying registration numbers ending with 1, 2, 3 and 4 to October 31, 2022. While the final date for car numbers ending with 5 and 6 was prolonged to November 30, the deadline for these ending with 7 and eight was prolonged to December 31. For car numbers ending with 9 and 0, the final date is January 31, 2023.
CUTTACK: The Orissa High Court on Friday mounted October 26 to evaluate the end result of deadline extension by one month for fitment of High-Security Registration Plates (HSRP) towards on-line reserving by car house owners within the State.
The courtroom was listening to a PIL on allegedly unreasonable and impractical HSRP deadlines and not using a system in place for the car house owners to use for it. The petition additionally highlighted the shortage of available facility for on-line reserving by a big part of the State’s inhabitants, particularly within the rural areas. Two bus house owners, Pabitra Mohan Khatua and Madhav Mohanty filed the PIL.
The division bench of Chief Justice S Muralidhar and Justice Chittaranjan Dash mounted the date after the State Transport Authority (STA) counsel acknowledged earlier than it that steps have been taken to allow car house owners to e book fitment of HSRP and make cost on-line all through the State by involving Jana Seva Kendras/Mo Seva Kendras/Post Offices and by organising camps at completely different areas the place web services is insufficient.
When particularly requested by the courtroom as as to if the deadline which expires right now (September 30, 2022) is being prolonged, the STA counsel answered within the affirmative and stated additionally it is being prolonged by one month to October 31.
The STA had additionally filed an affidavit in response to the petition. Petitioners’ counsel Kajal Sahoo identified to the courtroom that reviews recommend slots for fitment of HSRP towards on-line bookings weren’t accessible until December.
The bench took observe of it and stated, “Let’s see what happens by October 26.”
Later within the day, STA issued a notification which prolonged the deadline for automobiles carrying registration numbers ending with 1, 2, 3 and 4 to October 31, 2022. While the final date for car numbers ending with 5 and 6 was prolonged to November 30, the deadline for these ending with 7 and eight was prolonged to December 31. For car numbers ending with 9 and 0, the final date is January 31, 2023.
