By S A Ishaqui
Hyderabad, June 8: The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Tuesday admitted a petition seeking total alcohol prohibition in the state.
The HC bench comprising Justice Goda Raghuram and Justice Naushad Ali served notices on Central and State governments to respond to the petition.
The state government has completed the auction of 6,596 shops and earned a licence fee of Rs 6,900 crore. The excise commissioner, Mr Hiralal Samaria, said the auction for 50 more shops would be taken up and the licence fee would cross Rs 7,000 crore.
Dealing with the petition the Bench asked the petitioner, Mr M. Narayana, to explain how the courts could intervene in this matter. The bench had observed that the governments too were aware of the adverse impact of consumption of liquor but would act only when they realise that they were losing peoples confidence.
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