Office Memorandum No. 4612/2023/FACSD of the Food and Civil Supplies Department, Government of Bihar dated 2nd September, 2023 on dealing in excisable articles [C19-WJN]

No. 4612/2023/FACSD

GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR

Food and Civil Supplies Department, Government of Bihar

Patna, dated the 2nd September, 2023

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Dealing in excisable articles by dealers under the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016, regarding.

1. The undersigned is directed to say that references have been received in the Food and Civil Supplies Department, Government of Bihar on the manner in which dealing in excisable articles by dealers is to be regulated under the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.

2. The matter has been examined. Every dealer carrying on dealing in excisable articles shall make an application in Form H to the Excise Appellate Authority within forty-five days, accompanied by a fee of fifty thousand rupees.

3. It is, accordingly, clarified that a separate application shall be made in respect of each place at which dealing in excisable articles is undertaken, and the Excise Appellate Authority shall dispose of it within forty-five days of its receipt.

4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this office memorandum may be brought to the notice of the Food and Civil Supplies Department, Government of Bihar.

(Secretary to Government)