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PROHIBITION & EXCISE

Overview of the Department:

The Prohibition & Excise Department is a major regulatory department. It regulates production, sale, transportation and usage of intoxicants and alcoholic preparations both for potable and industrial purposes.Revenue generation is incidental to such regulations. Control of crime such as illicit distillation, spurious liquor, non duty paid liquor and adulteration of toddy is a major responsibility, besides crime relating to narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, It also regulates drawl and sale of toddy. 

In tune with the obligations under Article 47 of the Constitution of India, the Department undertakes awareness campaigns against the evils of consumption of intoxicants and Narcotic and Psychotropic substances. A new initiative Jagruthi has been launched all over the State in this regard in Feb’ 2019.

The Department implements A.P. Excise Act, 1968, A.P. Intoxicating Liquors (Prohibition of Advertisements), 1978, NDPS Act, 1985, A.P. Regulation of Trade in IMFL & FL Act, 1993, A.P.Prohibition Act 1995 and Rules made there under.

ORGANIZATION AND WINGS :

 

PROH AND EXCISE

a).Executive Wing :

The Deputy Commissioner is the head of the district and responsible for the entire district administration. Within the revenue district, there are 2 Excise units each headed by Prohibition and Excise Superintendents. There are (15) Proh. & Excise Stations in the District.

 

(b) Enforcement wing :

The Enforcement wing is headed by an Assistant Commissiner of Proh. & Excise in the district. The enforcement team comprising of 1 Assistant Prohibition & Excise Superintendent, 2 Prohibition and Excise Inspectors and 2 Prohibition and Excise Sub-Inspectors, 2 Prohibition and Excise Head Constables and 10 Proh. & Excise Constables.

 

Particulars of the organization, functions and duties:-

Deputy Commissioner of Proh.Excise

Sl. No. Name of the Organization Address Functions Duties
1 Proh. & Excise Department. O/o the Deputy Commissioner of Proh. & Excise, B.V. Nagar, Nellore, Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore District Detailed below Detailed below

Functions:

  1. Supervision of Collection of Excise Revenue by the way of collecting Licence fees of A-4 (Wine shops), 2B Bars and D.S.-XIII, etc.,
  2. Collection of Excise Arrears.
  3. Controlling Excise Crime, i.e., adulteration of toddy, illicit distillation of arrack, illegal transportation of R.S., D.S., Methanol, NDPL etc.,
  4. Controlling transportation of R.S./D.S./ Methonal/etc.,
  5. Accord high priority to all preventive strategies and action both in respect of leakage of revenue and excise crime.
  6. Keep the force in good discipline, professionally competent, honest and service oriented.
  7. Organize public relation for prevention and detection of crime.
  8. Promote and maintain good public relations and convey necessary information to the media and the public to ensure transparency without jeopardizing efficacy of cases under investigation.
  9. Gain confidence and loyalty of subordinates by personal integrity, impartiality, devotion to duty and fair play.

Duties:

  1. Inspections of A-4 (Wine shops) 2B Bars, Methanol Units and D.S.-XIII, etc.,.
  2. Investigation of pending crime cases.
  3. Review of Pending cases.
  4. Office Administration
  5. Receiving Public Grievances and disposing those grievances by taking appropriate action. 
  6. Watching of weekly diaries of P&ESs, AP&ESs, P. & E.Is., and P. & ESIs.

Administrative:

  1. All establishment matter in the District
  2. Detailed inspection of 50% of Proh. & Excise Stations once in a year
  3. Inspection of at least 5 Toddy depots / shops in a month
  4. Inspection of at least 1 methanol using units in a month
  5. Inspection of at least 1 Check Post in a month
  6. Supervision Collection of revenue and old arrears
  7. Review of fortnightly Diaries of Sub-ordinates
  8. Monthly review of Crime work of SHOs in the District and submitting review reports to the superiors
  9. Monthly review to all Writ Petitions / Appeals in the High Court and O.As in Tribunal and sending Review Notes to the Commissioner of Proh. & Excise.
  10. Monthly review of all L.A.Qs and audit paras and sending review notes to the Commissioner of Proh. & Excise.
  11. Controlling of Excise Crime like adulteration of toddy, smuggling of NDPL/ Deshidaru/ Chloral Hydrate and other intoxicants and drugs.
  12. Collection of intelligence on Ganja cultivation and collection of intelligence on other Narcotic Drugs and organizing raids.
  13. Ensuring strict implementation of MRP
  14. Reconciliation of revenue receipts and expenditure.
  15. Submission of fortnightly diaries to CPE

Proh.& Excise Superintendent

Sl. No Name of the  officer/employee Designation Duties allotted Powers
1 Proh.& Excise Superintendents Proh. & Excise Supdt., Detailed below Detailed below

Statutory :

Administrative:

  1. All establishment matter in the Excise District
  2. Assist the Assistant Commissioner of Proh. & Excise (Enft)., in discharging the Enforcement duties.
  3. Detailed inspection of 50% of Proh. & Excise Stations once in a year, ensuring no overlap with inspections of DCs/ ACs
  4. Inspection of at least 10 Toddy depots / shops in a month
  5. Inspection of at least 2 methanol using units in a month
  6. Collection of revenue and old arrears
  7. Review of fortnightly Diaries of Sub-ordinates and sending review notes to Deputy Commissioner of Proh. & Excise.
  8. Monthly review of Crime work of SHOs in the District and submitting review reports to the superiors
  9. Monthly review to all Writ Petitions / Appeals in the High Court and O.As in Tribunal and sending Review Notes to the Deputy Commissioner of Proh. & Excise and the Commissioner of Proh. & Excise.
  10. Monthly review of all L.A.Qs and audit paras and sending review notes to the Deputy Commissioner of Proh. & Excise and Commissioner of Proh. & Excise.
  11. Controlling of Excise Crime like adulteration of toddy, smuggling of NDPL/ Deshidaru/ Chloral Hydrate and other intoxicants and drugs.
  12. Collection of intelligence on Ganja cultivation and collection of intelligence on other Narcotic Drugs and organizing raids.
  13. Settlement of Ex-gratia of Toddy tappers.
  14. Ensuring strict implementation of MRP
  15. Reconciliation of revenue receipts and expenditure.
  16. Sending factual reports within (48) hours to the Commissioner of Proh. & Excise on all the specific adverse items published in the daily news papers.
  17. Submission of fortnightly diaries to DC’s & CPE

Asst. Proh.& Excise Superintendent

Sl. No Name of the  officer/employee Designation Duties allotted Powers
1 Asst. Proh.& Excise Superintendent Asst. Proh. & Excise Supdt., Detailed below Detailed below

Statutory :

Administrative:
  1. To assist the Proh. & Excise Superintendent in all matters of administration
  2. Investigation of Grave Crime Cases involving inter district, interstate crime or cases as assigned by the Proh. & Excise Superintendent or Deputy Commissioner of Proh. & Excise
  3. Collection of intelligence on excise crime and submission of fortnightly report to the Proh. & Excise Superintendent.
  4. Submission of fortnightly diaries to the Proh. & Excise Superintendent
  5. Crime cases review of stations in the jurisdiction
  6. Inspection of at least 15 Toddy depots / shops in the excise district in a month
  7. Enquiry of petitions and disciplinary cases as assigned by the Proh. & Excise Superintendent
  8. Conducting / organizing raids with ESTF teams and also co-ordination with staff of other stations and Enforcements.
  9. All I.D. ‘A’ category villages should be raided personally once in a month
  10. Conduct route watches at least twice in a week.
  11. Visit all the check posts during the month
  12. Patrolling of border areas with a view to check illicit transport of all excise items.
  13. APES will be in charge of ESTF
  14. To gather intelligence on Ganja cultivation and control the crime
  15. Conduct inspections of at least two methanol units in a month.

Station House Officer (Proh.& Excise Inspector)

Sl. No Name of the  officer/employee Designation Duties allotted Powers
1 Station House Officer (Proh.& Excise Inspector) Proh.& Excise Inspector Detailed below Detailed below

Statutory :

Administrative:
  1. Administration of Prohibition and Excise Station.
  2. Maintenance of General Diary.
  3. Investigation and charge sheeting of all crimes.
  4. Maintenance of all records in the Station
  5. Collection of Intelligence of Excise crimes.
  6. Ensure prevention and detection of all Excise Crimes in his SHO limit and work under over all supervision of Assistant Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise (Enforcement) on matters pertaining crime.
  7. Maintenance of Dossiers Sheets of Excise Offenders.
  8. Maintenance of security of Government property and contraband.
  9. All other duties assigned by the superior officers from time to time.
  10. Inspection of the Toddy Depots/Shops once in a month.
  11. Visit all the villages categorized as ‘A’ village (more important villages from the point of view of Prohibition and Excise crime) once in a week and ‘B’ and ‘c’ category villages once in month.
  12. Checking of topes in his jurisdiction.
  13. Tour for minimum (20) days, with at least (5) night halts in a month.
  14. Strict implementation of MRP as well as prevention of Grave Crimes/ Irregularities by the IML Licensees.
  15. Collection of Excise Revenue including old arrears.
  16. Conducting enquires about the payment of exgratia to tappers (within a week).
  17. Sending factual report on the same day to the Prohibition and Excise Superintendent on all the items published adversely in the daily news papers.
  18. Organising beat system and to initiate samples signature registers.
  19. Conducting and organizing regular route watches in a month.
  20. To inspect all the methanol units in his jurisdiction
  21. He should submit the weekly tour diaries to the Proh. & Excise Superintendent

Prohibition and Excise Sub-Inspector :

Sl.No Name of the  officer/employee Designation Duties allotted Powers
1 Prohibition and Excise Sub-Inspector Prohibition & Excise Sub-Inspector. Detailed below Detailed below

Statutory :

Administrative:
  1. The Jurisdiction for P & ESI shall be allotted by the P & ES on rotation basis every year
  2. To assist the SHO in all matters of Administration of Prohibition and Excise Station.
  3. Investigation, Writing of the case diary including charge sheeting of cases entrusted to him by the SHO.
  4. Collection of Intelligence of Prohibition and Excise crime in the SHO limits particularly in mandal/area jurisdiction allotted by the SHO.
  5. Prevention and Detection of all Prohibition and Excise crimes.
  6. Inspection of the Toddy Depots/Shops and topes.
  7. Drawal of sample and conduct of spot test of toddy.
  8. Visit all the villages in a mandal/ area allotted to him once in a week in ‘B’ and ‘C’ category villages and very frequently in ‘A’ category villages.
  9. (20) days tour with minimum (5) night halts in a month.
  10. Collection of information relating to implementation of MRP and prevention of irregularities by the IML Licensees.
  11. Collection of Excise Revenue including old arrears.
  12. Inspection of Beat duties of Constables/ Head Constables.
  13. Attending to court work during trail of cases and obtaining the copies of the Judgments for further processing.
  14. Service of summons and execution of warrants/ NBWs
  15. Inspection of kits
  16. Conducting weekly 3 route watches.
  17. Any other work entrusted by the Superior Officers.
  18. Submit weekly diaries to the SHO.

Prohibition and Excise Head Constable :

Sl. No. Name of the  officer/employee Designation Duties allotted Powers
1 Prohibition and Excise Head Constable Prohibition & Excise Head Constable. Detailed below Detailed below

Statutory :

Administrative:
  1. To assist the SHO and P&ESIs in day to day matters of Administration of Prohibition and Excise Station in the area allotted to him by the SHO.
  2. Service of summons and NBWs
  3. Collection of information about Prohibition and Excise offences, Surveilance on bootleggers.
  4. Checking of Beat duties of Constables.
  5. To assist the SHO in maintenance of Dossier sheets of Excise offices.
  6. Visit of villages allotted by the SHO/P&ESI
  7. Participation in raids along with SHO/ P&ESI
  8. Maintenance of prisoners search register, 
  9. Collection of intelligence on implementation of MRP, NDPL/ Spurious liquor/ Adulterants/ Adulteration.
  10. Collection of .information regarding properties possessed by the defaulters.
  11. Maintenance of Kit board.
  12. To attend bandobust duties on special occasions like Elections, Festivals, Jataras, etc.,

Prohibition and Excise Constable :

Sl. No. Name of the  officer/employee Designation Duties allotted Powers
1 Prohibition and Excise Constable Prohibition & Excise Constable. Detailed below Detailed below

Statutory :

Administrative:
  1. To assist the SHO and P&ESIs in day to day matters of Administration of Prohibition and Excise Station in the area allotted to him by the SHO.
  2. Service of Summons and NBWs.
  3. Collection of information about Prohibition and Excise offences, Surveilance on bootleggers.
  4. Attend to beat duties as entrusted by SHO / P & ESI
  5. To assist the SHO in maintenance of Dossier sheets of Excise offices.
  6. Visit of villages allotted by the SHO/P&ESI
  7. Participation in raids along with SHO/ P&ESI
  8. Maintenance of prisoners search register, 
  9. Collection of intelligence on implementation of MRP, NDPL/ Spurious liquor/ Adulterants/ Adulteration.
  10. Collection of information regarding properties possessed by the defaulters.
  11. Maintenance of Kit board.
  12. To attend bandobust duties on special occasions like Elections, Festivals, Jataras, etc.,
  13. To attend escort duties.
  14. Any other duties entrusted by the SHO / P. & ESI

JURISDICTION OF PROHIBITION & EXCISE DEPARTMENT, SPSR NELLORE DISTRICT :

The Jurisdiction of Prohibition and Excise Department, SPSR Nellore District under the supervision of the Deputy Commissioner as details detailed below :

S.No Name of the District Name of the Office/Station Name of the Mandal/ Jurisdiction
1 SPSR Nellore Assistant. Commr. of Proh. & Excise, Enforcement Wing SPSR Nellore.
2   Proh. & Excise Superintendent, Nellore 1. Nellore Excise District
3   Proh. & Excise Superintendent, Gudur 2. Gudur Excise District
4   Nellore-I 1.Nellore Municipal       Corporation
5   Nellore-II 1. Nellore Rual 2. Venktachalam,3. Muthukur
6   Kavali 1. Kavali Municipality 2. Kavali Rural,3. Kaligiri,4. Jaladanki,5. Bogolu
7   Kovur 1. Kovur,2. Kodavaluru 3. Alluru,4. Vidavaluru
8   Buchireddypalem 1. Buchireddypalem 2. Sangam,3. Dagadarthi
9   Udayagiri 1. Udayagiri 2. Seetharampuram 3. Marripadu,4. Varikuntapdu
10   Vinjamoor 1. Vinjamoor,2. Duttalur 3. Kondapuram
11   Indukurpet 1. Indukurpet,2. T.P. Gudur
12   Atamkur 1. Atmakur Municipality 2. Anumasamudrampet 3. Ananthasagaram 4. Kaluvoy
13   Gudur 1.Gudur Municipality 2. Gudur rural, 3. Chillakur 4. Manubolu
14   Vakadu 1. Vakadu, 2. Kota, 3. Chittamur
15   Sullurpet 1.Sullurpet Municipality 2. Sullurupet Rural 3. D.V Satram,4. Pellakur  5. Tada
16   Naidupet 1. Naidupet Municipality 2. Naidupet Rural,3. Ozili
17   Venkatagiri 1. Venkatagiri Municipality 2. Venkatagiri Rural 3. Sydapuram, 4. Dakkili  5. Balayapalli
18   Rapur 1. Rapur, 2.  Chejarla 3.  Podalakur.

PROH. & EXCISE UNITS OF THE DISTRICT AND JURISDICTIONS OF STATION HOUSE OFFICERS AND STATIONS.

The Nellore and Gudur Excise Districts is divided into (15) Proh.& Excise Stations. The details of jurisdiction of respective stations are as follows.

S.No. Revenue Division Name of the Station House Office Jurisdiction of  mandals
1 Nellore Nellore-I 1 to  50 Wards of  Nellore Corporation
2   Nellore-II Revenue villages of Nellore Mandal excluding areas covered under Muncipal Corporation, Muthukur, Venkatachalam.
3 Kavali Kavali Kavali, Jaladanki, Kaligiri, Bogolu.
4   Kovur Kovur, Allur, Kodavaluru, Vidavaluru
5   Butchi Butchi, Dagadarthi, Sangam.
6   Udayagiri Udayagiri, Marripadu, S.R. Puram, Varikunta Padu.
7   Vinjamoor Vinjamoor, Kondapuram, Duttaluru.
8   Indukurpet Indukurpet, T.P. Gudur.
9 Atmakur Atmakur Atmakur, Kaluvoy, Anumasamudrampet, Ananthasagaram
10 Gudur Gudur Gudur Municipality, Gudur rural, Chillakur & Manubolu
11   Vakadu Vakadu , Kota , Chittamur
12   Sullurpet Sullurpet Municipality,  D.V Satram, Pellakur & Tada
13 Naidupet Naidupet Naidupet,  Ozili
14   Venkatagiri Venkatagiri Municipality, Sydapuram, Dakkili & Balayapalli
15   Rapur Rapur, Chejarla, Podalakur.

STAFF PATTERN

The staff pattern of the SPSR Nellore District is noted below.

EXECUTIVE STAFF SANCTIONED WORKING IN THE DISTRICT

Cadre Sanctioned Working Vacancy
Deputy Commissioner 1 1 —
Asst. Commissioner 1 1 —
Proh.& Excise Superintendents 2 2 —
Asst. Proh.& Excise Superintendents 3 3 —
Proh.& Excise Inspectors 21 21 —
Proh.& Excise Sub-Inspectors 35 33 2
Proh.& Excise Head Constables 45 39 6
Proh.& Excise Constables 226 171 57
MINISTERIAL STAFF      
Asst. Public prosecutor 1 — 1
Asst. Account Officer 1 1 —
Sr. Co-op Inspector 1 1 —
Office Superintendent 1 1 —
Senior Assistant 5 5 –
Junior Assistant 37 19 18
Typist 2 1 1

The particulars of the above working staff are given below

S. NO DESIGNATION NAME Sarvasri Phone Numbers
1 Deputy Commissioner V.Radhaiah 9440902243
2. Asst. Commissioner D. Sriram Chandra Murthy 9440902264
3. Proh.& Excise Supdt. Nellore K. Srinivasa Chary 9440902509
4. Proh.& Excise Supdt., Gudur K. Venkatarami Reddy 9440902518
5. Asst. Proh.& Excise Superintendent, Nellore E.Srinivasa Rao 9440902510
6. Asst. Proh.& Excise Superintendent, Gudur S. Madhu 9440902519
7. Asst. Proh.& Excise Supdt., Enforcement, Nellore B.Venkatwswarlu 9849990288

THE PARTICULARS OF PROH.& EXCISE INSPECTORS WORKING IN THE NELLORE DISTRICT

S. No. Name of the Excise District Name of the P&E. Station Name of the  S.H.O. Date of joining at present station Phone Numbers
I).  1 NELLORE NELLORE-I A. Ratnam 16.02.2018 9440902511
2   NELLORE-2 G.Suryanarayana 12.07.2019 9440902512
3   KAVALI T. Aruna Kumari 26.02.2018 9440902521
4   KOVUR Y.Venkateswarlu 12.07.2019 9440902524
5   BUTCHI P. Prasannalakshmi 18.02.2018 9440902527
6   UDAYAGIRI SK.Mahaboob Basha I/c 04.07.2019 9440902522
7   VINJAMOOR D. Venkateswarlu 18.02.2018 9440902523
8   INDUKURPET R.Narahari Rao 18.07.2019 9440902526
9   ATMAKUR M. Bala Krishna 20.02.2018 9440902525
II) 1. GUDUR GUDUR G. Venkata Prasad 18.09.2015 9440902513
2   VAKADU D.Sreedhara Babu 12.07.2019 9440902514
3   SULLURPETA RUVS. Prasada Rao 12.07.2019 9440902515
4   NAIDUPET SK.Md.Abdul Zaleel 12.07.2019 9440902516
5   VENKATAGIRI P.Vijayakumar 08.08.2019 9440902517
6   RAPUR D.Suryanarayana 5.102018 9440902520
III.   P&E.S. TASK FORCE, NELLORE B.Kishore 12.07.2019 9440707018
IV.   P&E.S. TASK FORCE, GUDUR K.P. Kishore 18.02.2018 8520087777
V.   IML Depot, Nellore S.Ramarao 12.07.2019 9618890922
VI.   B.V.PALEM  CHECK-POST V.Sudhakar 05.10.2018 8096192224
VII.   A.C. (ENFT. WING), NELLORE 1. V.Venkateswara Rao 2. K.Koteswara Rao 12.07.2019 9440902493, 9440902492

Number of IML Depot’s organized by Andhra Pradesh State Beverages Corporation Ltd.,at Vijayawada are given below

S. NO Name of the IML Depo NAME Sarvasri Phone Numbers
1 Devarapalem Depo-I of Nellore D. Anand, A.M. 9949351043
2 Excise Supervisiory officer S. Ramarao, P&EI 9618890922
3 Ozili Depot-II of Gudur N.Dastagiri, A.M. 9581238800
4 Excise Supervisiory officer I/c M. Devika P&ESI 9959331263

STATEMENT SHOWING THE LIST OF DISPOSED AND UN-DISPOSED A4 SHOPS FOR THE YEAR 2017-19

Name of the Revenue District Name of the Excise Unit Total Shops Notified Shops Disposed No. of Un-disposed Shops Total Notified Bars No.of Bars  Disposed No. of Un-disposed Bars
SPSR Nellore Nellore 199 199 0 41 41 0
  Gudur 151 150 1 6 5 1
  Total 350 349 1 47 46 1

 

 

Sl.No. Name of the Station Total Shops Notified Shops Disposed No. of Un-disposed Shops Total Notified Bars No.of Bars  Disposed No. of Un-disposed Bars
1 NELLORE-1 29 29 0 32 32 0
2 NELLORE-2 32 32 0 2 2 0
3 KAVALI 26 26 0 6 6 0
4 KOVUR 29 29 0 0 0 0
5 BUTCHI 20 20 0 0 0 0
6 UDAYAGIRI 16 16 0 0 0 0
7 VINJAMOOR 13 13 0 0 0 0
8 INDUKURPET 15 15 0 0 0 0
9 ATMAKUR 19 19 0 1 1 0
  TOTAL 199 199 0 41 41 0
1 GUDUR 31 31 0 3 3 0
2 VAKADU 19 19 0 0 0 0
3 SULLURPET 37 36 1 1 1 0
4 NAIDUPET 19 19 0 1 1 0
5 VENKATAGIRI 25 25 0 1 0 1
6 RAPUR 20 20 0 0 0 0
  TOTAL: 151 150 1 6 5 1
  DIST. TOTAL 350 349 1 47 46 1

STATEMENT SHOWING THE LIST OF CLUBS

Name of the Revenue District Name of the Excise Unit Name of the Station Location No. of Clubs Licence Fee
SPSR Nellore Nellore Nellore-I M/S Nellore Club, Podalakur Road, Nellore Municipal Corporation 1 Rs.6,00,000
    Kovur M/S Friends Clutural Club, Podagupadu, Kovur, Nellore Municipal Corporation 1 Rs.6,00,000
  Total     2  

STATEMENT SHOWING THE LIST OF A.P.TOURISMS

Name of the Revenue District Name of the Excise Unit Name of the Station Location No. of Clubs Licence Fee
SPSR Nellore Nellore Nellore-I M/S Nellore Club, Podalakur Road, Nellore Municipal Corporation 1 Rs.6,00,000
    Kovur M/S Friends Clutural Club, Podagupadu, Kovur, Nellore Municipal Corporation 1 Rs.6,00,000
  Total     2  

ACCOMMODATION:

The office of the Deputy Commissioner of Proh & Excise, Nellore is located in Govt. Building bearing D.No.26-1-1784, Bakthavathsala Nagar, Nellore 524004. The office of the Deputy Commissioner of Proh & Excise, Nellore, O/o the Asst. Commissioner of Proh.& Excise, Enforcement , Nellore and O/o Proh. & Excise Superintendent, Nellore are located in the same complex.

Communication- Telephones:

The office of the Deputy Commissioner of Proh & Excise, Nellore is provided with one telephone bearing Number 0861-2308675.email: dcnellore[at]gmail[dot]com

In addition to the land line telephones, cell phones are provided to the Deputy. Commissioner of Proh & Excise bearing No. 9440902243.

INTEGRATED CHECK POST:

The integrated check post is set up on N.H.5 Calcutta – Chennai high way at B.V.Palem [Bhimunivaripalem] in Tada Mandal in the Proh & Excise Station limits of Sullurpeta. The check post is located at a distance of about 7 Kms. from Tada towards Chennai (Tamilnadu). The check post at B.V.Palem is functioning since 29.2.1988 with the five departments, [1] Mining [2] Forest [3] Animal Husbandry (4) Agricultural Market Committee and [5] Proh.&Excise..

In order to check the vehicles, a service road is provided all along about 1 to 2 Kms of the check post and a thorough passage is given to Cars, Interstate passenger buses and two wheelers etc. on N.H.5.

Staff pattern of Check Post:

The sanctioned strength of the Integrated Check post, B.V.palem are as follows:.

Sl.No. Name of the post Sanctioned Working Vacancy
i) Prohibition & Excise Inspectors 1 1 0
ii) Prohibition & Excise Sub Inspectors 2 2 0
iii) Prohibition & Excise Head Constables 3 3 0
iv) Prohibition & Excise Constables 12 7 5
  Total 18 13 5

During the Prohibition in the State from 16.1.1995 to 31.3.1997 the functioning of Proh & Excise Department at the check post gained much importance in view of the border. After relaxing the Prohibition with effect from 1.4.1997, the inflow of intoxicants from the state of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka has become sporadic. No cases were detected for illegal transportation, Import and Export.

The above staff are checking the vehicles for importing, exporting and transporting of liquor, Beer and ENA through permits issued by the Commissioner of Proh & Excise, A.P. Vijayawada and endorsing on the permits the Entry and Exit of the vehicles and also to prevent the smuggling of Non duty paid liquor and NDPS drugs coming from other states..

Programme on Ban on Alcohol under Navaratnalu as per manifesto

I. Reduce the liquor shops gradually :

As per the orders of the Government, for the year 2019-20(01.10.2019 to 30.09.2020) 20% Liquor shops were reduced. Then gradually, Ban on Liquor will be implemented.

II. Belt shops Removed :

III. In view of the safety measures bind over the habitual Offenders by conducting incentive raids at the suspected places and booked cases, if any found and removed belt shops in SPSR District.

IV. Inspection of A4 shops and 2B Bars regularly and conducted raids regularly at suspected places.

V. Conducting awareness programs and rallies under Jagruthi Programmes for eradication of belt shops, Illicit Distillation Liquor and Alcohol with the help of Doctors, Dwakra groups, Voluntary Organizations and local peoples.

VI. Now we are planning for total prohibition of liquor under Navratna in the Government manifesto.