(179-C) Lifting the Prohibition In Chandrapur District
G O. H. D. No. MIS-0321 / CR-57 / EXC-3, dated 8th June 2021.
Whereas the Government of Maharashtra had vide Government Order; Home Department, No. MIS-0111/CR-5/EXC-3, dated 5th March 2015, prohibited the grant of licences and permits specified in the Schedule appended there to in the Chandrapur District of the State with effect from the 1st April 2015 ;
And whereas, the State Government had vide Government Resolution, Home Department, dated the 12 January, 2021, appointed the Ramanath Jha Committee to examine and to do comprehensive study of the liquor ban in Chandrapur District;
And whereas, the State Government has, after considering the report of Ramanath Jha Committee alongwith report of review committee of Collector, Chandrapur and representations received, decided to lift the prohibition in Chandrapur District;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (b) and (h) of sub-section (1) of section 139 of the Maharashtra Prohibition Act (XXV of 1949), read with section 21 of the Maharashtra General Clause Act (I of 1904), the Government of Maharashtra, hereby rescind the Government Order, Home Department, No. MIS-0111/CR-5/EXC-3, dated 5th March 2015, with effect from date of publication of this Order in the Maharashtra Government Gazette.
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For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that any such licences and permits granted before the 1st day of April 2015 and which are in force the 3rd day of March, 2015 and specified in the Schedule appended to the said Order dated the 5th March 2015, are permitted to be re-granted on fulfilment of the following conditions, namely
- (a) The said licence has not shifted out of Chandrapur district during the interim period.
- (b) The eligible licence-holder applies for re-grant in the financial year 2021-2022.
- (c) The licence fees for the year 2021-22 as notified by the Commissioner, State Excise, Maharashtra State vide Notification No. BPA.. 1/2021/2021-22/VII, dated the 28 January 2021, shall be paid in the Government treasury and the challan for the same shall be produced with the application for re-grant.
- (d) An undertaking to the effect that the licence-holder has not been convicted under the relevant sections mentioned in clause (d) of sub-section (7) of section 54 of the Maharashtra Prohibition Act in the interim period.
- (e) The licence-holder has valid possession of the premises where his business was being conducted previously before the 1st April 2015.
- (f) In case of a licence-holder in Form FL-III the eatery shall be functional where previously the licence was operational.
- (g) Those permits in Form FL-XC which were granted for lifetime purposes shall be valid if the permit-holder has retained the original permit.
- (h) The licences in Form TD-I shall only be operational when the notice for new auction of Toddy shops is published.
- (i) Shifting of liquor licences from other district to Chandrapur district shall be allowed as per prevalent rules and regulations under Maharashtra Prohibition Act, 1949.