Notification under the Haryana Excise Rules, 2019.

EXTRACT FROM HARYANA GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY DATED THE 10 TH JUNE, 2022 HARYANA GOVERNMENT EXCISE AND TAXATION DEPARTMENT Notification The 10 th June, 2022 No.33/X-l/P.A.1/1914/S.58/2022.— In exercise of the power conferred under sub-section (1) and sub- section (2) read with the proviso to sub-section (3) of section 58 of the Haryana Excise Act, 1914 (Punjab Act 1 of 1914), the Governor of Haryana hereby makes the following rules, further to amend the Haryana Excise Rules, 2019, namely:- 1. (1) These rules may be called the Haryana Excise (Amendment) Rules, 2022. (2) They shall come into force on the 12 th June, 2022. 2. In the Haryana Excise Rules, 2019 (hereinafter called the said rules), in rule 2, for clause (c), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:- “(c) “financial year” means the year commencing from the 12 th June and ending on the 11 th June of the following year.”. 3. In the said rules, for rule 5, the following rule shall be substituted, namely:- “5. Number of L-1BF licenses.- The minimum number of wholesale licenses of L-1BF in the State is fixed at ten (10). In case, the number of eligible applications received in first round exceeds ten (10), L-1BF licence shall be granted to all such applicants and no more applications shall be invited for grant of L-1BF licence. Further, in case number of eligible applications received in first round is less than 10, the department may initiate another round(s) for allotment of remaining L-1BF in the State. If in any subsequent round, the number of eligible applications exceeds the count of remaining L-1BF licence, then the grant of such remaining L-1BF licence shall be made by draw of lots among the eligible applications received in such round. No more applications shall be invited thereafter.”. 4. In the said rules, for rule 6, the following rule shall be substituted, namely:- “6. Number of retail outlets for IMFL/CL (L-2/L-14A).- The maximum number of retail outlets for Indian Made Foreign Liquor/Country Liquor (L- 2/L-14A) shall be two thousand five hundred (2500) for the financial year 2022-2023.”. ANURAG RASTOGI, Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Haryana, Excise and Taxation Department.