Presently there are twenty
seven district excise offices in the State each
being headed by District Excise Officer . The District
Excise Offices are the prime field offices of the
departmental activities as most of the information
is being generated at these offices. The primary
functions of the district excise office are :
To collect Excise Duty, Licence
Fees and other fees leviable on excisable goods
To ensure the recovery of arrears
of Excise Revenue
To take necessary steps for
the prevention of illicit distillation of Liquor
and unauthorized trade in excisable goods
To regulate the sale of excisable
articles by arranging supply from the warehouse
to the licensees and thereby keeping control and
watch on their sale
To approve location of shops
dealing in excisable goods
To issue
permit for import, export and transport of excisable
goods in and out of the district
To exercise
supervision and control over the distilleries, warehouses
and godowns
To inspect
shops of country Liquor, IMFL, rectified spirit,
denatured spirit, bhang, poppy heads, warehouses
and pharmacies etc.
To keep
a check on the illicit manufacture and sale of country
Liquor, IMFL, bhang and other exciseable articles
To organise
raids at suspected places with the help of excise
preventive force
To ensure
fulfillment ofEPA and licence fees
To ensure
deposition of requisite security deposit, solvencies
and sureties and verification of sureties and solvencies.