Maharashtra Excise Manual
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3. Procedure for Grant of Licence.—

(n) "licence fee" means bid-money payable for grant of licence;

(o) "Society" means a Co-operative society of tappers registered or deemed to be registered under the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960;

(p) "Superintendent" means the Superintendent of State Excise;

(q) "toddy" means fermented juice drawn from a coconut, brab, date or any kind of palm tree, containing not more then five per cent alcohol by volume, but does not include sweet toddy, nira or neera;

(r) "toddy year" means the year commencing from 1st September and ending on 31st August of the next calendar year.

3. Procedure for Grant of Licence.—

  1. The licence for shops shall be granted by Auction-cum-Tender system on payment of bid money, by the collector as specified herein after.
  2. 1[The licence shall be granted for a toddy year and it may be renewed every year, maximum upto four years.]1
  3. The fees for renewal of licence for the toddy year 2010-2011 shall be equivalent to the fees of licence for the previous toddy year 2009-2010 and the fees of renewal of licence for any subsequenty year shall be increased upto six percent of the fees of licence for the previous year as notified by the Government.
  4. The renewal of licence shall be done before the 1st September of every year
  5. The licence shall be granted in Form TD-1 as prescribed under rule 4 of the Maharashtra Toddy Shops (Licensing) and Toddy Trees (Tapping) Rule, 1968.

4. Auction-cum-Tender Notice.—

  1. Subject to any directions issued by the State Government or Commissioner in that behalf the Collector shall issue public notice stating that auctions will be held for grant of licences, in the manner stated in the notice.
  2. The notice shall specify the localities in which toddy shops may be situated, the number of shops which may be licensed in each such locality, the shops which may be grouped together for auctioning Licensed and the date, time and place at which tenders shall be received and auctions in respect of each such shop or a group of shops may be held. The notice shall also state that auctions shall be held in accordance with the provisions of this order and shall be binding on the persons bidding at such auctions.
  3. Such notice shall be issued not less than fifteen days before the date of the auction, and shall be given wide publicity in such suitable manner as the Collector may deem fit. A copy of such notice shall be kept in the office of the Collector and the Superintendent and shall also be made available to any person on request during office hours on working days.
  4. The Auction Authority shall proceed with auction on the appointed date or dates. In case if general postponement is necessary for any reason the Licensing Authority shall report it immediately to the Commissioner with a brief statement of reasons for the postponement. Any unsettled shops at such auction shall be settled at a subsequent auction.
  5. The settlement of licences not settled on the previous date of auction and on opening of the tenders, shall be made within ten days of the date of postponement.