Licence of liquor trader cancelled in Rajgarh

Solan, March 2

A trader’s wholesale liquor licence has been cancelled in Rajgarh tehsil of Sirmaur district for causing a loss of Rs 1,63,31,243 to the state exchequer.

An inquiry revealed that the said stock was not found in the wholesale vend during an inspection conducted on December 25 last year. Stocks were sent to two units of retail vends without any pass and payment of licence fee, which is a violation of the norms.

Licence and additional licence fee, development fund besides Covid cess on the stock were not paid. The said licensee had paid no excise/countervailing duty or other fee on the country-made liquor stock of 9,994 quart cases, 396 pint cases and 129 nip cases while removing this stock from the wholesale godown in December last year.

This caused a loss of Rs 1,63,31,243 to the exchequer. A show-cause notice was issued to the licensee on December 29.

PP Singh, Deputy Commissioner, State Taxes and Excise, Sirmaur, said irregularities were found in the said wholesale vend following which its licence was cancelled.

The department will now re-auction these vends of Jamta-Haripurdhar and Sarahan in Sirmaur district on March 5 for the remaining financial year. — TNS

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