4. Permit in Form ‘C’ परमिट

(2) On receipt of an application, the Collector shall place the application alongwith enquiry report before the Committee prescribed under sub-rule (2) of rule 5, for the consideration of the same by the Committee.

(3) The Committee shall consider the suitability or otherwise of the applicant for the grant of licence and record recommendation in that behalf.

4. Permit in Form ‘C’ परमिट

1. ^[](a) ^[]which, in the opinion of the collector or the officer authorised by him in this behalf in writing, is not adequate for storage and consumption of wine and where such consumption is visible to outsiders and passer-by; or
2. (b) which is situated in areas within the jurisdiction of any Municipal Corporation of ^['A' Class or 'B' Class^] Municipal Council, is within a distance of fifty meters and, if situated elsewhere, one hundred metres from any educational or religious institution; or
3. (c) which is situated within a distance of one hundred metres from any bus stand, station or depot of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation; or
4. ^[(cl) which is situated in areas within the jurisdiction of any local self-government body having population not exceeding 20,000, is within a distance of two hundred and twenty metres and if situated elsewhere, within a distance of five hundred metres from the edge of any National or State Highway, or in case of any existing service road then the distance from the edge of such service road adjacent to the National or State Highway.^]
5. (d) which is not duly approved by the collector or the officer authorised by him in this behalf and is not, for reasons to be recorded in writing, certified by him to be otherwise suitable also for locating the shop before the grant of the licence:

Provided that nothing contained in this sub-rule shall apply in respect of an existing shop for which the licensee holds a valid licence in Form E-2 immediately before the coming into force of the Special Permits and Licence (Amendment) Rules, 2007.

^[Provided further that, if at any time after the commencement of Rules, 2017 it is observed that, if any shop is situated in areas within the jurisdiction of any local self-government body having population not exceeding 20,000 is within a distance of two hundred and twenty metres and if situated elsewhere, within a distance of five hundred metres from the edge of any National or State Highway or in case of any existing service road then the distance from the edge of such service road adjacent to the National or State Highway, the licence shall cancelled forthwith.^]

Explanation:—For the purpose of this sub-rule,—

1. (i) "educational institution" means any pre-primary, primary or secondary school managed or recognised by any local authority or the State Government or the Central Government and any college affiliated to any University established by law, but does not include any private coaching institution;
2. (ii) "religious institution" means an institution for the promotion of any religion and includes a temple, math, mosque, church, synagogue, agiary or other place of public religious worship which is managed or owned by a public trust registered under the Bombay Public Trust Act, 1950 (Bom. XXIX of 1950) and includes such other religious institutions as the State Government may by order specify in this behalf;
3. (iii) the distance referred to in clause (b) or (c) ^[or (cl)^] of this sub-rule shall be measured from the mid-point of the entrance of the shop along the nearest path by which pedestrian ordinarily reaches,—
   1. (a) the mid-point of the nearest gate of the institution if there is a compound wall and if there is no compound wall, the mid-point of the nearest entrance of the institution, or
   2. (b) the mid-point of the nearest gate of the bus stand, station or depot of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation if there is a compound wall and if there is no compound wall, the nearest point of the boundary of such bus stand, station or depot.