The Maharashtra transport department on Thursday declared November-end as the new deadline for fitting of High Security Registration Plate (HSRP) to vehicles registered before April 1, 2019.

This is the fourth time the government has extended the deadline for affixing HSRP to old vehicles.  While the original deadline was March this year, it was extended to April-end, then to June-end and further to August 15, which has now been pushed further to November-end.

The circular issued by State Transport Commissioner Vivek Bhimanwar Thursday evening stated that all Regional Transport Offices (RTOs) have been ordered to impose restrictions on works like transfer of vehicle ownership, change of address, as well as adding or removing hypothecation if vehicles are not fitted with HSRP.