Ensure there is no liquor shop in residential locality: HC
The Hindu
Audit pertaining to location of all liquor shops must be completed in two months, says court
Telangana High Court had directed the government to conduct a survey of all liquor shops in the State to ensure no liquor shop along with permit is located in a residential locality.
Pronouncing the verdict in a PIL petition challenging some rules relating to location of liquor shops and permit rooms, a bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice N. Tukaramji also made it clear that no liquor shop should be permitted near hospital, religious institution or school. Disposing of the PIL petition, the bench said the exercise of the audit pertaining to location of all liquor shops must be completed in two months.
A compliance report in this regard should be presented to the HC Registrar General, the bench said in its order. There was no no reason to declare Rules 25 and 26 of the Telangana Excise (Grant of License of Selling by Shop and Conditions of Licenses) Rules-2012 as contended by the petitioner, the verdict said.