Gurgaon: With the favouring changes in Haryana's Excise and Taxation policy for the year 2017-2018, the liquor vends allotted to retailers during the bidding process have been allowed to store both IMFL as well as country-made liquor for sale.
Under the earlier policy for 2016-2017, the department had allotted three vends in one zone.
Sources have said the decision was taken with a view to centralise revenue generation through limited players having high capacity.
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Deputy Commissioner of Excise and Taxation of Gurgaon Aruna Singh, who heads east part of Gurgaon, said as per the new policy, the liquor traders are entitled to sell both IMFL and country-made liquors in an individual vend, which is new initiative.
43 liquor vends falling within the 500-metre distance were closed as their licenses were cancelled on March 31, 2017, she added.
There are total 41 zones declared by new excise policy with 19 falling under east area and 22 under west area of Gurgaon. This time the liquor vends will go till 344 numbers in Gurgaon, while in last year there were 323 in the city.
The 19 zones located in east area are Valley view, DLF-1, Sector-4, 29, 56,31, 47, Galleria, Golf Course, Golf Suit sector-44, South City-II, Pioneer zone, Badshahpur, Bhondsi rural, Sohna Urban, Rural, MG Road and others.
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HC Dahiya, Deputy Commissioner of Excise and Taxation of Gurgaon is heading west area 22 zones.
"The Cyber Hub area which is falling under west zone has highest bid of Rs 56 crore against the reserve price of Rs 41 crore set by excise department. As far as the east area is concerned, there are 19 zones coming under it and maximum bidding of Rs 39 crore for sector 31 zone. Lowest bidding for west and east areas are from Bilaspur and Sohna Rural with Rs 6.30 crore and Rs 3.12 crore, respectively," the officer said.
"The cyber hub zone comes under 500 meters and hence the decision of apex court bring headache for the owner of that zone, while some pubs and bars in sector-29 comes under 500 meters distance and some left out which is a matter of measuring their distances. Some pubs like 'Chillis grill and bar' at Ambiance Mall and Hotel Queen Pearl come under 500 metres have been closed," Dahiya said.Also Read: Tourism Creates Jobs, Why Kill it? Asks Niti Aayog’s Amitabh Kant on SC’s Highway Liquor Ban
With pubs and bars owners started submitting affidavits with excise department for the review, he said.
"Suppose, liquor vends in DLF city or cyber hub have huge demand of IMFL, they are entitled to stock accordingly. Similarly, domestic liquors have huge demand in rural areas like Sohna, Pataudi and Maneser. The excise department has set minimum reserve price of particular area accordingly," said Dahiya.
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