https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175687 In liquor licensing, the State may regulate the trade and revise fiscal conditions to augment excise revenue, but it cannot abolish an existing renewal regime without a nexus to that object. The Court found the abrupt cancellation of renewal for existing retail liquor licences and replacement by fresh draw of lots arbitrary, while also holding that writ directions granting renewal in a fixed manner went beyond the proper scope of mandamus. Renewal was therefore left to the competent authority under the governing rules, subject to applicable conditions, including minimum off-take and enhanced privilege fee. en-us Mon, 26 Aug 2002 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 16:55:37 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175687 In liquor licensing, the State may regulate the trade and revise fiscal conditions to augment excise revenue, but it cannot abolish an existing renewal regime without a nexus to that object. The Court found the abrupt cancellation of renewal for existing retail liquor licences and replacement by fresh draw of lots arbitrary, while also holding that writ directions granting renewal in a fixed manner went beyond the proper scope of mandamus. Renewal was therefore left to the competent authority under the governing rules, subject to applicable conditions, including minimum off-take and enhanced privilege fee. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 26 Aug 2002 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175687