The Chandigarh Excise and Taxation Department on Monday issued show cause notice to JW Marriott Hotel, Sector 35 here for keeping liquor without the hologram.
Apart from JW Marriott, the UT Excise and Taxation Department issued show cause notice to six restaurants, two liquor vends and one departmental store for excise violations.
All of them have been asked to submit reply by August 2
A senior officer of UT Excise and Taxation Department said that the teams of the Department had recently found 12 bottles of Chivas Regal, 10 bottles of Cragganmore, seven bottles of Rowson’s Reserve, four bottles of Clynelsih single malt whisky and one bottle of Antiquity without the hologram at the JW Marriott hotel.
Clause 46 of the UT Excise policy states, “Holograms/Intaglio printed security labels with holograms on packings/bottles of country liquor, Indian-made foreign liquor and Imported Foreign liquor will be mandatorily fixed by the licensee at his own expense.”
Holograms were introduced in Chandigarh in 2017 to curb liquor smuggling.
The teams of the Excise Department had found the number of liquor bottles without the hologram during checking at the JW Marriott Hotel after the tweet by actor Rahul Bose last week. The Hotel had last week faced a penalty of Rs 25,000 for over-charging actor Rahul Bose Rs 442 with GST for two bananas.
Meanwhile, the show cause notices for excise violations have also been issued to Restaurants namely Mainland China (M/s Ananda Hospitality), Bargain Booze (M/s GBS Hospitality Pvt Ltd.), Purple Frog, Jaks Enterprises (Culture), all in Sector 26 here.
Liquor vends which were issued showcause notices included M/s Ace Liquor, Sector 36 and M/s Mann Brothers, Sector 40 here.