Maharashtra Excise Manual
Application Form

FORM T. R. T. D. - 8

Form of Nokarnama

See rule 24(1)

What this form is for

Form T. R. T. D. - 8 is the Nokarnama, a written authority by which a toddy licensee appoints a servant (nokar) to act on the licensee's behalf. It is filed by a licensee in tribal areas who wants a named person to run the retail toddy shop, tap toddy trees under the tapping permit, issue transport passes, or transport toddy in the licensee's absence. The appointment becomes effective only once a Prohibition and Excise Officer approves it. It is authorised by rule 24(1) of the Maharashtra Toddy Shops (Licensing in Tribal Areas) and Toddy Trees (Tapping in Tribal Areas) Rules, 1981.

Form text (extracted)
FORM T. R. T. D. - 8 
[See rule 24(1)] 
Form of Nokarnama 
 
Name of the Licensee : .................................................................................................................. 
Licence No. ..................................................................................................................................... 
Location of the shop : ................................................................................................................... 
 
1. Subject to the provisions of the Maharashtra Toddy shops (Licensing in Tribal 
Areas) and Toddy Trees (Tapping in Tribal Areas) Rules, 1981. 
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216 	Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949 	[1949 : Bom. XXV 
 
I/we ........................................................................................................ Licensee of the 
Name: ....................................................... above named shop, hereby authorise the 
Age : ........................................................ servant named and for the period mentioned, 
Residential address :.............................. in the margin to officiate for me/us in respect 
Appointed from the .......................... to of the following functions that is to say : the
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(a) to officiate for me/us at my/our retail sale toddy shop at .................................................. 
........................................................................................... 
(b) to tap toddy producing trees in the tapping area at ................................................... 
......................................................................... mentioned in my/our tapping permit; or 
(c) to issue transport passes for transport of today from the tapping area at 
............................................................................................. to my/our licensed shop at 
...................................................................................; or 
(d)  to transport toddy from ......................................... to ................................................... 
2. The said person is competent in my/our absence to conduct my/our above mentioned 
duties in accordance with the provisions of the said rules. He is of good character and as far 
as I/we know, he has not been convicted of any offence under the Bombay Prohibition Act. 
1949, nor has he been convicted by a Criminal Court or blacklisted in respect of excise licences, 
rednering him unfit for appointment as a NOKAR. 
3. I/we have explained to him personally all the conditions of my/our licence; and I/we 
hold myself/ourselves responsible personally for any offences he may commit in the conduct of 
the business under my/our licence. 
4. This authority shall become invalid on the suspension, cancellation or expiry of my/our 
licence or if a competent officer refuses countersignature thereon. This NOKARNAMA will 
also become invalid if the Superintendent of Prohibition and Excise concerned issues order to 
that effect. This NOKARNAMA shall be kept with the employee. 
 
............................................... 
Date:........................................ 19 	Signature of the licensee. 
 
The sum of Re. 1 only as the fee prescribed for the issue of this NOKARNAMA has been 
paid vide Challan No. ................................ dated ...................................................... 
 
................................................. 
Date : ...................................... 19 	Signature of the licensee. 
 
1. The appointment of the above named NOKAR is approved. 
2. The NOKARNAMA shall be in operation till the .......................................... 19 
but it is liable to cancellation for any breach, on the part of the nominee, of the Bombay 
Prohibition Act, 1949 or for any other offence rendering him unfit to hold the appointment hereby 
made. 
..................................................... 
Date : ........................................ 19  Signature and designation of 
Prohibition and Excise Officer.
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