June 30, 2021 KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition against the cabinet decision with regard to the award of a contract to the federal government’s corporate body for supplying number plates of vehicles having radio frequency identification. Petitioner Syed Ghulam Mohiuddin and others had assailed the decision to award the contract to a corporate body under the Ministry of Defence for supplying RFID technology vehicle number plates for the Sindh province without inviting a tender under the provisions of the Sindh Public Procurement Act, 2009 and Rules 2010. The petitioners submitted that they also had the capability to manufacture and supply the said number plates. They submitted that the provincial cabinet decided to award the contract to the respondent in exercise of powers conferred under Section 21 of the procurement law that exempted the procurement from the operation of SPPA 2009.