HSRP contract: Shimnit replies to show cause

PANJIM, NOV 18
M/s Shimnit Utsch today responded to the show cause notice issued by Transport Department over high security registration plate’s (HSRP) contract.
Transport Director Arun Desai confirmed receipt of the reply but kept the explanations given by the company under wraps stating that the department has received the reply today itself.
“I have not gone through the reply as I received it just now,” Desai told reporters in the evening.
The 15 days notice served to Shimnit Utsch lapsed on November 17.
The state government on November 2 had issued show cause to the company asking them why agreement signed with them in regards to HSRP should not be cancelled. The notice was issued after intense scrutiny by Advocate General to avoid any arbitration claim by the company.
A show cause notice had mentioned that a company has done some changed in their Board of Directors (BoDs) without intimating the state government. It also says that rates quoted by the company could be scaled down using Indian technology.
Goa government has said that rate for number plate, which is Rs 1,250 can be brought down to Rs 467 to Rs 469 using Indian technology.
Apart from citing Public Interest as one of the reason to issue show cause, the observations by Srivastava committee, which has said that the company had altered few entries in the agreement using `pencil’, was also taken care.