Bhubaneswar: The Excise Department on Friday said it had not issued any letter regarding home delivery of liquor nor formed any committee to finalise the charges of home delivery by liquor licensees and food aggregators.
A letter reportedly issued by the department on Thursday said Excise Commissioner has constituted a six-member committee comprising the Excise Commissioner, MD, OSBCL, Excise Deputy Commissioner (CD), Cuttack, Superintendents of Excise, Berhampur/Khurda/Jajpur to examine the rate of delivery charges fixed by neighbouring states in connection with liquor home delivery.
It followed a notification from the Excise Department, authorizing the Excise Commissioner to notify the charges of the delivery persons to be engaged by the liquor licencees/food during lockdown 4.0.