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Issues: Whether renewal of the L-10BB licence could be refused on the ground that the licence had earlier operated from a branch, despite the subsequent amendment of the GST registration showing the premises as the principal place of business, and whether Excise Policy conditions could defeat Rule 19-A of the Himachal Pradesh Liquor License Rules, 1986.
Analysis: The petitioner's application for amendment of the GST registration was made before expiry of the licence period, and under Rule 19 of the Himachal Pradesh Goods & Services Tax Rules, 2017, the approved amendment took effect from the date of the application. The amended registration therefore supported the petitioner's claim that the premises had become the principal place of business. Rule 19-A of the Himachal Pradesh Liquor License Rules, 1986 governs grant of L-10BB licence, and it does not prescribe rejection on the basis of a distance condition from an L-2 vend. The Excise Policy conditions could not override the statutory Rules where the Rules occupied the field. A licence already held and renewed in earlier years could not be denied renewal merely because of an earlier branch-based arrangement once the place of business stood regularised.
Conclusion: Renewal of the L-10BB licence could not be refused on the stated grounds, and the petitioner was entitled to have the renewal considered and granted.
Final Conclusion: The impugned refusal to renew the licence was unsustainable because the subsequent GST amendment and the governing liquor licence rules supported renewal, while the policy condition could not displace the statutory framework.
Ratio Decidendi: Executive policy conditions cannot override statutory rules governing licence grant or renewal, and an amendment to GST registration takes effect from the date of application where the rule so provides.
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