On account of constant efforts put in by the petitioner with no private interests, the Supreme Court directed the removal of liquor vends from all National and State Highways in order to curb the menace of free availability of liquor and reduce the number of deaths due to drunken driving. Not only this, the States have been directed to remove all the advertisements in any form regarding sale of liquor from Highways and the authorities have been directed to ensure that the liquor vends are neither visible nor accessible from the Highways. In the year 2015, the petitioner society filed petitions challenging the Excise policies of the States of Haryana and Punjab vide CWP Nos.5249 and 5827 of 2015 which were disposed of vide separate orders. One of the grounds for challenge in those petitions was the issuance of computerised bills across all liquor vends. The petition relating to excise policy for the State of Haryana was disposed of on 1.4.2015 but since the issue regarding issuance of bills was not dealt with in the judgment, a review petition was filed which was also disposed of on 11.5.2015. As regards State of Punjab, the petition was disposed of as infructuous on 5.4.2016. On 28.2.2017, in the present writ petition i.e. CWP No.1343 of 2017, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State of Haryana produced a letter dated 27.2.2017 addressed by the Excise and Taxation Commissioner, Haryana to the office of the Advocate General, Haryana wherein it was stated that condition of issuing a receipt by the vendor for every purchase of liquor beyond �� 1000/- was being proposed mandatorily and for purchases below that quantum, receipt will be issued wherever the customer so desired. In case a complaint was found true, penalty of �� 500/- was proposed to be imposed upon the vendor for every such default. It was thus observed by the Bench that the Council of Ministers, Haryana would take all these factors into consideration before finalising the policy for the next year. On 22.3.2017, it
