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Wild Flower Hall will remain with the Oberoi Group for the next three months. The Himachal Pradesh government is currently not in a position to run the Wild Flower Hall located in Mashobra on its own. For this, the government has decided to give this property on lease to the Oberoi Group for the next three months. This information was filed in the High Court by the Advocate General of the state government in an affidavit. The government told the court that until the government invites global tenders to run this hotel, an affidavit has been signed between the government and DEIH Limited.
On this basis, it has been talked about handing it over on lease. The case is being heard by a single bench of Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua. The deadline for handing over the possession of the hotel to the state government has been set by the Supreme Court as March 31, 2025. The Advocate General told the court that if the government keeps this hotel vacant, it will cause a loss to the state’s revenue. Therefore, the government has decided to give this hotel to the Oberoi Group. The hotel will be withdrawn as soon as the government invites global tenders to run it.
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has stayed the collection of natural farming cess on liquor. A division bench of Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan and Justice Sushil Kukreja has reprimanded the government and kept all the records related to the matter with them. The next hearing of the case will be on April 2. Petitions were filed by liquor sellers in the year 2024. The petitioners allege that when the liquor contracts were auctioned on March 27, the notification of March 23, 2024 was removed at that time, but the government amended the excise policy in September 2024 and re-added the 10.37 clause.
Due to this, the sellers are facing huge losses. In this policy, the government fixed the minimum price for selling and buying liquor at 10 per cent and the maximum at 30 per cent. Under this notification of the government, if the liquor is sold above or below the prescribed price, then there is a provision of penalty for it. There is a provision of fine of 15 thousand for the first time, 25 thousand for the second time, 50 thousand for the third time and one lakh rupees for the fourth time for violation. The government charges natural farming cess of 10 rupees and milk cess of 2 to 5 rupees on every bottle. Petitions have been filed in the High Court against this.
