official source for manufacture of these plates, due to disputes which are currently in various Indian courts. On 8 April 2011 the Supreme Court of India summoned the transport secretaries of Delhi, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh for contempt of court proceedings regarding nonenforcement of the high-security registration plates. The Supreme Court on 30 November 2004, had clarified that all states had to comply with the scheme. Currently all of North East including Assam, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir, West Bengal, Karnataka, Andaman & Nicobar Islands (UT) and Goa are the only states which have complied in full. The states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Maharashtra have not proceeded after having called tenders. Besides these states some of the other states have also taken action to implement the new scheme. Haryana and Punjab has launched the High Security Registration Plates Scheme in the state. High Security Registration Plates have been made mandatory in for all new and old vehicles. Maharashtra announced that it had planned to implement new number plates soon. History Between 1902 and 2009, all plates were owner provided; since 2009, plates are officially issued, however previous registrations are still valid. Before 1939, only one letter with four numbers were issued (e.g. N 7612). From 1939 until 1947, two letters and four numbers scheme were issued (e.g. KA 9823). From 1947 until the late 1980s (June 30, 1989), the Indian licence plate system followed the scheme: Where B was the state code (e.g. C for Karnataka since K was allotted to Kerala); MU were letters of the specific RTO; and 7711 was the unique licence plate number. Older vehicles still exhibit this legally valid numbering scheme. In Portuguese Goa, which was annexed by India in 1961, the scheme was Ixx-99-99 (before 1937 I-99999), second letters and third letters reserved by district. When Madhya Pradesh was known as Central Province (then using code C), all vehicle licence plates began with: CPZ — For All Government vehicles CPP — Central Province Police CPX — where "X" represented the district code (for example, vehicles registered in Jabalpur had a registration plate starting with CPJ) When renamed to Madhya Pradesh, then using code M: MPZ — For all Government vehicles MPP — Madhya Pradesh Police MPX — where "X" represented the district (for example, vehicles registered in Jabalpur had a registration plate starting with MPJ) In the early