A joint team of Chief Minister's flying wing and and the excise officials conducted raids and issued challans to four pubs and an equal number of liquor vends for violations of excise rules and for serving liquor beyond the prescribed time in the intervening night of Thursday-Friday in Gurugram.
As per the state excise policy the operating time of these establishments from 9 am to 12 am. Inderjeet Yadav, DSP CM flying wing said, the raids were conducted at 10 pubs and 9 liquor vends situated in Sector-29, Sector-53, MG Road, Golf Course Road, Cyber Hub and DLF in Gurugram.
Acting on a tip-off, both teams had conducted a raid and issued challans to the pubs.
"Out of 10 pubs the fines were issued to 4 pubs and out of 9 liquor shops, 4 liquor shops were issued challaned being run after the prescribed time it was a violation of the Excise Act," he said.
However, the officials expect a penalty of Rs 10 to 14 lakh could be framed against these violators.
These four liquor shops were identified as discovery wine at DLF phase-1 metro station on the golf course road, Chaudhary wine shop located in front of Maruti company gate on old Delhi Road, Lake forest wine at DLF Phase-3 and Royal Green at DLF Phase-2.
Similarly, the 4 pubs & bars were Boom Box and Friction located at Sector-29 while ZSL Realtors PVT Ltd (Stricker Club) located at South Point Mall, Sector-53 and GH Slath Wellness (King Club) at JMD Regent Arcade on the MG Road.
"These establishments were fined for violating excise rules. We have imposed challans to these outlet owners and sent it to the headquarters at Chandigarh for penalties.The department is conducting frequent checks to ensure liquor is not served after the prescribed time in open and that no one sells liquor without permission,” Aruna Singh, deputy excise and taxation commissioner (East), said.
Also, We have formed teams to conduct surprise checks at all outlets to ensure pub owners or operators are not violating the rules and regulations,” Singh said.