The Delhi government has ordered the physical re-verification of around 40 hotels, clubs and restaurants in the city which were sealed due to the Supreme Courts order banning sale of liquor within 500 metres of highways, an official said.
The order came after the owners approached the excise department for restoration of their licences, claiming their establishments were beyond the distance limit.
An official said the department has constituted a committee for physical re-verification and it has been directed to submit its report at the earliest.
“The excise department has ordered re-verification of 40 clubs, hotels and restaurants to ascertain whether their sealing was in accordance with the SCs order,” the official, who did not wish to be named, said