के (cid:574)ीय सूचना आयोग Central Information Commission बाबा गंगनाथ माग(cid:330), मुिनरका

Baba Gangnath Marg, Munirka नई िद(cid:671)ी, New Delhi – 110067 File No: CIC/MORTH/A/2025/619189 Govinda Raju .….अपीलकता(cid:330)/Appellant VERSUS बनाम CPIO M/o Road Transport & Highways, Transport Bhawan, 1, Parliament Street, New Delhi-110001 ….(cid:366)ितवादीगण /Respondent Date of Hearing : 20.05.2026 Date of Decision : 22.05.2026 INFORMATION COMMISSIONER : Jaya Varma Sinha Relevant facts emerging from appeal:

RTI application filed on : 01.02.2025 CPIO replied on : 11.02.2025 First appeal filed on : 22.03.2025 First Appellate Authority’s order : 29.03.2025 2nd Appeal dated : 27.04.2025 Information sought:

1. The Appellant filed an RTI application dated 01.02.2025(online) seeking the following information:

“I purchased a bike in 2018 from Maharashtra (MH) state and registered in MH12 RTO. HSRP number plate was not in force during 2018 due to which a normal whiteboard number plate was affixed.

Once the HSRP rule was brought into legal effect in 2019, many other states RTOs initiated issuing HSRP through online services https://bookmyhsrp.com/index.aspx in which the HSRP for vehicles registered in