Haryana Excise Dept earns revenue of Rs 2707 crore in 3rd round of auction
Babushahi Bureau
Chandigarh, June 1, 2025: The Excise and Taxation Department of Haryana Government successfully organized the third phase of the auction of retail liquor shops under the Excise Policy 2025-27.
In this phase, retail liquor shops of six districts Gurugram (East) , Karnal , Palwal , Rewari , Jind and Yamunanagar were auctioned. Bidders were allowed to bid from 9 am on May 30 to 4 pm on May 31.
The bids were opened by the committee constituted under the chairmanship of the concerned Deputy Commissioner in each district.
Excise Commissioner Vinay Pratap Singh said that the department has received a good response in the third round of excise auction for 5 districts as compared to the previous round of auction in which 184 zones have been allotted out of 270 zones .He said that the wide participation in the auction process of 184 zones reflects the better response to the state's excise policy.
He informed that the state has been able to collect license fee of about Rs 2707 crore from the auctioned zones of 5 districts , which is much higher than the license fee collected in the same round in the last excise policy year.
In order to get proper revenue, the department has decided to cancel the auction of 3 zones received today and conduct fresh auction of all the zones in Yamunanagar.
The remaining 142 zones of these 6 districts will be auctioned again in the first week of June.The Excise and Taxation Department has scheduled the next round of auction for all the districts on 3rd, 4th and 5th June.
In the next phase, all the districts of the state have been divided into three groups. The first group includes Gurugram (West), Narnaul , Hisar , Mewat , Panipat , Rohtak , Jhajjar and Sirsa districts. E-tenders for these districts will be accepted from 9 am to 4 pm on June 3, 2025 and will be evaluated at 5 pm on the same day.
The second group includes Sonipat, Faridabad , Kurukshetra , Jagadhri , Kaithal , Panchkula , Fatehabad and Bhiwani districts. The tender process for these districts will start on June 4, 2025 at 9 am and will continue till 4 pm , and will be evaluated at 5 pm.
The third group includes Ambala, Karnal , Gurugram (East) , Jind , Palwal and Rewari districts. Tenders for these districts will be invited from 9 am to 4 pm on June 5, 2025 and will be evaluated at 5 pm on the same day.