JUDGMENT

Dr. Arijit Pasayat, J.—

1. This Writ Petition is purported to have been filed in Public Interest. The prayer essentially is implementation by the State and Union Territories of the judgment of this Court in Association of Registration Plates v. Union of India & Ors.1 By the said judgment terms and conditions of notices inviting tenders from manufacturers for the purpose of implementing Section 41(6) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (in short the ‘Act’) and Rule 50 of the Motor Vehicles Rule, 1989 (in short the ‘Rules’) were considered. Grievance is made that though in the aforesaid judgment the norms were fixed and the desirability of having the High Security Registration Place (in short the ‘HSRP’) has been nothing concrete has been done. According to the petitioner, in order to curb the growing menace of crime and terrorist activities using motor vehicles as a tool, the Central government came out with a new scheme of HSRP. Accordingly, Rule 50 of the Rules was implemented by the Central Government in exercise of powers under Section 41(6) of the Act read with Section 64(d) of the Act by Notification dated 28.3.2001. Instead of old method of