Excise Officer To Decide Within A Week To Release 1,500 Boxes Of Beer: RJ HC

07 May 2024 8:19 AM

By: Admin

D.D: 01 JULAY 2022

On Friday, the Rajasthan High Court ordered the District Excise Officer of Alwar to decide within a week whether or not to release 1,500 cases of Original BIRA 91 Boom premium strong beer seized by the Rajasthan Police [M/s B9 Beverages Private Limited v. State of Rajasthan & Others].

The boxes were seized by the police because they were being transported in violation of the Rajasthan Excise Act of 1950.

Single-judge Justice Mahendar Kumar Goyal ordered the District Excise Officer of Alwar to decide the petition of B9 Beverages Private Limited, the manufacturer of Bira beer, expeditiously due to the approaching expiration date of August 2022 for the confiscated beers.

On February 28, 2022, 1,500 cases of BIRA 91 beer were transported by road from Madhya Pradesh to the Bira warehouse in Gurugram, Haryana.

The Rajgarh Police in Alwar, however, seized the shipment, alleging that it was transported in violation of the Rajasthan Excise Act of 1950.

Therefore, Bira petitioned the Excise Authority and Police Department for the release of the confiscated boxes, but the request remained pending.

However, as the expiration date of the beers drew near, the present writ petition was filed with the High Court requesting a prompt decision on the Excise Officer's appeal.

Due to the utmost necessity, the Court decided the petition without sending notice to the respondents.

"Respondent No. 3 (District Excise Officer) is ordered to decide the petitioner's Section 69 (2-B) of the Act of 1950 application within one week of receiving a copy of this order. The respondent Nos. 1 (State Of Rajasthan) and 2 (Town Inspector, Alwar) are ordered to cooperate with the respondent No. 3 in order to comply with this court's order, which was issued earlier "the Judge ordered.

Rohit Tiwari, VN Dubey, and Ibrahim Kannodwal were the attorneys who represented the petitioner.

M/s B9 Beverages Private Limited

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State of Rajasthan & Others