Office Memorandum No. 1126/2025/SWD of the Social Welfare Department, Government of Madhya Pradesh dated 8th December, 2025 on the sale of liquor for consumption on the premises [C1N-JGQ]

No. 1126/2025/SWD

GOVERNMENT OF MADHYA PRADESH

Social Welfare Department, Government of Madhya Pradesh

Bhopal, dated the 8th December, 2025

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: The sale of liquor for consumption on the premises by bar licensees under the Madhya Pradesh Excise Act, 1915, regarding.

1. The undersigned is directed to say that references have been received in the Social Welfare Department, Government of Madhya Pradesh on the manner in which the sale of liquor for consumption on the premises by bar licensees is to be regulated under the Madhya Pradesh Excise Act, 1915.

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 H to the Excise Commissioner within fourteen days, accompanied by a fee of two thousand 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 fourteen days of its receipt.

4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this office memorandum may be brought to the notice of the Social Welfare Department, Government of Madhya Pradesh.

(Secretary to Government)