Gazette Reference: Commissioner Circular — Appeals (अपीले), dated 1996 (exact date partially illegible) Type: Administrative Circular — Compliance Direction on Appeal Orders Authority: Commissioner, State Excise, Maharashtra
This is a Commissioner-level circular issued to all subordinate State Excise officers and District Collectors, directing immediate compliance with appeal orders passed by the Commissioner/appellate authority under the Bombay Prohibition Act framework.
Problem identified: After appellate orders are passed, there are significant delays in their implementation (अंमलबजावणी) at the district/field level, causing hardship to licence holders.
Core grievance: Licence holders (परवानाधारक) who succeed in appeals are forced to wait unnecessarily before the relief granted by the appellate order is given effect — rendering the appeal remedy practically ineffective.
Root cause noted: District-level officers (जिल्हाधिकारी / उप आयुक्त) are either unaware of orders passed or are slow in acting upon them once communicated.
Direction issued: All officers are directed to immediately implement (तात्काळ अंमलबजावणी) appellate orders as soon as they are received, without any further delay or procedural obstruction of any kind.
Issuing Authority: Commissioner, State Excise, Maharashtra State, Mumbai
⚠️ Note: The gazette text is significantly degraded (OCR artifacts from old Devanagari print). The above summary is a best-effort reconstruction. Key operative words such as "तात्काळ अंमलबजावणी" (immediate implementation) and "अपीलावरील आदेश" (appeal orders) are legible and form the basis of this summary. Manual review of the original physical gazette is strongly recommended for legal reliance.