Cops defer drive to seize new cars without HSRP till Oct 3

Appearing before Justice Rajiv Shakdher,the Delhi government’s Standing Counsel Najmi Waziri told him that “to facilitate the car buyers to fix HSRPs on their cars,the government has decided to defer the traffic police drive till October 3.”

The counsel argued that about 70,000 plates have already been made by the manufacturing company while the transport authority is yet to issue them. He added the concerned dealers too have not come forward to collect them.

Waziri was responding to a plea by one Shweta Kapoor,an advocate,for stopping the traffic police from “taking any coercive action or impounding her vehicle bought on September 6 but,which did not have high security number plate.”

“From the date of receiving the cash receipts from car dealers,the transport authority would issue number plates within six days,” said Waziri,accusing the car dealers of not sending the cash receipts to the manufacturing company which later hands over the high security number plates to the authority for issuance.

The court asked the government to expedite the process of issuance of number plates and fixed the matter for October 11.

The court was hearing the advocate’s plea which said “the traffic police and the transport department are planning a joint drive from Monday,October 1,2012 to crack down on such vehicles,ignoring protests from dealers and car buyers that they are not at fault as they have not yet received the licenses plates.”

Petitioner’s counsel R K Kapoor argued that his client has bought the new car but she was not able to drive the car since the HSRP is not available to her as yet.

The Transport Department and the traffic police had on August 26 said car owners who have not fixed HSRP have four days to rectify this or face a stiff penalty of Rs 2,000 and possible impounding of the vehicle.