New Delhi: Delhi Lt. Governor V.K. Saxena has forwarded a complaint of a civil organisation to the Chief Secretary in connection with irregularities in awarding liquor licenses.
According to a source, LG Saxena has forwarded a complaint by an eminent organisation of jurists, lawyers and eminent citizens — prima facie establishing ‘grave irregularities in award of liquor licenses’, to the Chief Secretary for verification and probe.
Saxena has also asked the Chief Secretary to submit a report to him and the Chief Minister within a fortnight, said the source.
As per the source, the complaint that alleges cartelization, facilitating monopolies and favouring blacklisted firms, brings out that the same was done in a deliberate and premeditated violation of the new Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22.
The LGA is expected to take appropriate action as per law on the basis of the report.
–IANS
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