"129. (1) (a) All applications for the renewal of retail licenses shall be received in the office of the District Collector(Excise Branch) on or before the 15th day of February every year along with all requisite documents as may be determined by the District Collector, from time to time, but without the license fee, payable for the renewal of license.
(b) The District Collector shall cause to be scrutinized all such renewal proposals received on or before the 151 h day of February and shall grant the sanction for renewal to such licenses as provided in rule 128 (1) at his discretion before the 1st~ day of March and sha ll order the concerned licensees in whose favour sanction for renewal has been granted, to deposit the licence fee on or before last day of March through treasury challan or by any other method as may be determined by the State Government, for the renewal of licence for the next year.
(2) (a) All applications for the renewal of licences for wholesale warehouses, CSD Bonded warehouses, manufactories, distilleries and breweries shall be received in the office of the District Collector (Excise Branch) on or before the 151 h day of December.
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(b) The District Collector shall cause to be scrutinized all such renewal proposals received on or before the 15th day of December as provided in sub-rule (2) and (3)of rule 128 and shall send such proposals along with a consolidated statement with his specific comments thereto to the Excise Commissioner before the 15•h day of January every year.
(c) The sanction for renewal to such licences as provided in rule 128 (2) shall be granted by the Excise Commissioner at his discretion and such sanction shall be communicated to the District Collector before the 151h day of February every year.
(d) The Excise Commissioner shall after due scrutiny, send such list prepared by the District Collector in respect of renewal proposals as provided in rule 128(3) to the State Government with his specific comments thereto before the last day of January every year.
(e) The sanction for such renewal to such licences as provided in rule 128(3) shall be granted by the State Government at its discretion and such sanction or rejection, as the case may be, shall be communicated to the District Collector before last day of February every year.
(f) On receipt of such sanction as provided in clauses (c) and
(e) of this sub-rule, the District Collector shall order the concerned licensee in whose favour sanction for renewal has been received, to deposit the licence fee on or before the last day of March through treasury challan or by any other method as may be determined by the State Government, for the renewal of licence for the next year.