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.26/X-1/P.A.1/1914/Ss.21 and 59/2022.- In exercise of the powers conferred under sections 21 and 59 of the Haryana Excise Act, 1914 (Punjab Act 1 of 1914), and with reference to Haryana Government, Excise and Taxation Department, notification No.09/X-1/P.A.1/1914/S.9/2020, dated the 28 th January, 2020, I, Shekhar Vidyarthi, Excise Commissioner, Haryana, hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Punjab Distillery Rules, 1932, in their application to the State of Haryana, with effect from the 12 th day of June, 2022, namely:- 1 These rules may be called the Punjab Distillery (Haryana Second Amendment) Rules, 2022.
2 In the Punjab Distillery Rules, 1932 (hereinafter called the said rules), in rule 3, for clause (e), the following clause shall be substituted, namely :- “(e)No new letter of intent shall be granted to the proposed Distillery (except for exclusive production of Ethanol or a new standalone separate ethanol plant in the existing distillery) till actual utilization of Extra Neutral Alcohol reaches 90% of the installed production capacity of the existing distilleries in the State. Further, no letter of intent shall be revalidated in the year 2022-23 for a proposed Distillery, if the applicant fails to set up the plant within the prescribed time under the provisions of his letter of intent.”.
3. In the said rules, in rule 4, for sub-rule (a), the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely :- “(a) deposited a sum of Rupees for following license, namely:- Serial Number Name of License Installed Capacity in Kilo Litre per day License fee (In Rs.)
1. D-2 Less than 40 Kilo Litre 1.50,00,000/- 40 Kilo Litre but less than 80 Kilo Litre 2,00,00,000/- 80 Kilo Litre but less than 120 Kilo Litre 2,50,00,000/- 120 Kilo Litre but less than 160 Kilo Litre 3,00,00,000/- 160 Kilo Litre but less than 200 Kilo Litre 3,50,00,000/- 200 Kilo Litre and above 4,00,00,000/-
2. D-2A - 5,00,000/-
3. D-2B - 5,00,000/-
4. In the said rules, for rule 16, the following rule shall be substituted, namely :- “16. The licensee shall deposit in Government Treasure such payment as may be demanded by the Financial Commissioner on account of the salaries including over time etc. of the Government excise establishment posted to the distillery, but he shall not make any direct payment to any member of such establishment.”.
5. In the said rules, after rule 25, the following rule shall be inserted, namely :- “25A. The licensee shall installed an integrated CCTV mechanism in his distillery, at the main gate, in the bottling rooms, at the Distillation Plant, Spirit receiver room, Spirit Storage room and loading of spirit, bottled spirit and all other important places within the Distillery enclosure to monitor the manufacturing and bottling operations and dispatches of liquor. The provisions of this rule shall mutatis mutandis applies to bottling plants in the State.
25B. (1) The integrated CCTV mechanism established under rule 25 shall be installed in all the distilleries of the State and a control room shall be set up at the Head Office for receiving live feed from the distilleries which shall generate online MIS and shall be an efficient method to plug leakage of non-duty paid liquor in the State.
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(2) The live feed from such CCTV Camera shall be made available to the Deputy Excise and Taxation Commissioner (Excise) who shall monitor the working of CCTV cameras on fortnightly basis and shall periodically review the live feed and shall recommend the penal proceedings in case any violation is found. The distillery shall make available the CCTV footage, in an electronic format every month, to the office of the Collector.”.
6. In the said rules, for rule 28, the following rule shall be substituted , namely :- “28. (i) The general operation of the distillery shall be allowed for 8:00 hours in a working day which can be extended by further 8:00 hours (i.e. second shift) by a distillery/bottling plant on an additional fee of ₹10,000/- and for further 8:00 hours (i.e. third shift ) on payment of ₹10,000/- with the prior permission of Excise Commissioner.
(ii) The hours of operation for dispatches from distillery/bottling plant shall be limited from 9:00 hours to 19:00 hours and if any distillery/bottling plant licensee, if found dispatching liquor beyond the prescribed hours, a penalty of ₹1,00,000/- shall be imposed for the first offence, ₹2,50,000/- on second offence and ₹5,00,000/- for third offence and further on any subsequent offence, the license shall be cancelled.”.
SHEKHAR VIDYARTHI, Excise and Taxation Commissioner, Haryana.