What is ECR in Maharashtra State Excise?

ECR stands for Excise Crime Registration. It is the online portal where officers of the Maharashtra State Excise Department record crime cases — FIRs, raid panchnamas, seizure particulars — relating to bootlegging, illicit liquor manufacture or transport, licence violations under the Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949 and allied rules, and other offences the Department is empowered to prosecute.

What is the ECR portal URL?

The official ECR portal is at https://scmexcise.mahaonline.gov.in/ECR — hosted under the department's SCM (Supply Chain Management) subdomain. Access requires departmental credentials issued to the officer.

Who can use the ECR portal?

ECR is for internal departmental use. Field officers of the Maharashtra State Excise Department — Inspectors, Sub-Inspectors, Deputy Superintendents and higher — use it to log cases registered in their jurisdiction. The portal is not open to the general public; licence applicants and citizens use the separate Excise Online Services and SCM portals.

Where can I find the ECR login page?

Visit https://scmexcise.mahaonline.gov.in/ECR directly in a browser. The login form on that page accepts the officer's departmental user-ID and password. For credential issues, officers should raise the request through their Divisional Dy. Commissioner office.

ECR Portal — Excise Crime Registration (Maharashtra)

Q: Is ECR the same as e-Challan?

No. ECR is Excise Crime Registration — a case-registration system. It is unrelated to e-Challan systems used by other departments for traffic fines or payment receipts.

ECR — Excise Crime Registration

ई-सी-आर — उत्पादन शुल्क गुन्हा नोंदणी पोर्टल

The departmental portal where Maharashtra State Excise officers record FIRs, raid panchnamas and crime cases against bootlegging, illicit liquor and licence violations.

Direct portal link

https://scmexcise.mahaonline.gov.in/ECR Open

What is ECR?

ECR — Excise Crime Registration — is the online case-registration system of the Maharashtra State Excise Department. Officers use it to record every crime case they register in their jurisdiction: FIRs under the Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949 and allied rules, raid panchnamas, seizure particulars, accused details and the status of the case through investigation, charge-sheet and trial.

Centralising this data in one portal means the Department can see state-wide enforcement patterns, link repeat offenders across divisions and generate the periodic reports it owes to the Finance Department and the Legislature. For the field officer, it replaces the earlier register-book workflow with a single data-entry screen that can be filed from any location with internet access.

Who uses it?

Inspectors and Sub-Inspectors of the Maharashtra State Excise Department who register cases in the field.
Deputy Superintendents of State Excise supervising those cases at the division level.
Deputy Commissioners of State Excise — for review, approvals and reporting.

The portal is not open to the public. Licence applicants, citizens and licensees use the separate Excise Online Services and SCM portals.

How to access ECR

Open https://scmexcise.mahaonline.gov.in/ECR in a modern browser (Chrome / Edge).
Enter your departmental User ID and password.
On the dashboard, select the appropriate action — Register New Case, View Pending, Reports — based on your role.
For credential issues (lost password, fresh posting), raise the request through your Divisional Deputy Commissioner office.

Legal basis

Crimes registered on ECR are governed primarily by the Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949 and the rules framed under it (manufacture, transport, possession, sale, consumption of intoxicants). Allied provisions in the Code of Criminal Procedure apply to the investigation and trial stages. Officers researching the correct section while drafting a panchnama can look it up through MyExcise’s section-wise reader or ask MyExcise AI for a cited summary.

Related departmental portals

SCM Supply Chain

Distillery → retail movement, permits, transport.

Excise Online Services

Licence apply, e-payment, citizen-facing.

GRAS

Government Receipt Accounting System — fees & duty payment.

All useful links →

State Excise, GR portal, e-Gazette and more.

Frequently asked questions

Is ECR the same as e-Challan?

No. ECR stands for Excise Crime Registration and is a case-registration system. It is unrelated to the e-Challan systems used by other departments for traffic fines or payment receipts.

I forgot my ECR login — what should I do?

Credential issues are handled through the officer’s Divisional Deputy Commissioner office. MyExcise cannot reset departmental passwords.

Can a public complainant log a case through ECR?

No. Members of the public cannot log cases through ECR. A complaint can be made to the nearest Excise office or Police Station; the officer then registers the FIR and enters it on ECR.

Where is the ECR portal URL?

The official URL is https://scmexcise.mahaonline.gov.in/ECR, hosted under the department’s SCM subdomain.

Note: MyExcise is an independent legal-reference platform. The ECR portal is owned and operated by the Maharashtra State Excise Department; MyExcise does not host, mirror or receive data from it. This page is a brief orientation and a signpost to the correct URL for officers searching for the portal online.