Chandigarh, Jan 25: Five days after Chandigarh IAS officer Rupesh Kumar ordered the sealing of establishments and suspension of liquor licenses of ten major vend owners, the Home department shifted him out of the Excise department.
Order reads that “the Administrator is pleased to order the redistribution of charges” said now the charge of the Additional Excise and Taxation Commissioner cum Deputy Excise and Taxation Commissioner cum Collector, which was with Kumar, will be held by Pradyuman Singh, HCS (Haryana Civil Service).
But some added that on January 19, of the twelve cases decided, sealing was ordered in ten cases by Kumar for violating the breach of terms and conditions of the Liquor Act.
These vends were in prominent locations of the city.
Kumar had also tightened the noose around the vend owners and had managed to stop the sale of illegal liquor in his five months’ stint since September. More than 30 cases of sale of illegal liquor were recorded by him.
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