Office Memorandum No. 369/2024/RADMD of the Revenue and Disaster Management Department, Government of Bihar dated 3rd March, 2024 on the sale of liquor for consumption on the premises [C1N-B89]

No. 369/2024/RADMD

GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR

Revenue and Disaster Management Department, Government of Bihar

Patna, dated the 3rd March, 2024

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: The sale of liquor for consumption on the premises by bar licensees under the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016, regarding.

1. The undersigned is directed to say that references have been received in the Revenue and Disaster Management Department, Government of Bihar on the manner in which the sale of liquor for consumption on the premises by bar licensees is to be regulated under the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.

2. The matter has been examined. Every bar licensee carrying on the sale of liquor for consumption on the premises shall make an application in Form D to the Excise Commissioner within thirty days, accompanied by a fee of one lakh rupees.

3. It is, accordingly, clarified that a separate application shall be made in respect of each place at which the sale of liquor for consumption on the premises is undertaken, and the Excise Commissioner shall dispose of it within thirty days of its receipt.

4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this office memorandum may be brought to the notice of the Revenue and Disaster Management Department, Government of Bihar.

(Secretary to Government)