For every one rupee charged in excess of the maximum retail price on liquor bottles, the Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (Tasmac) will impose a penalty of ₹1,000 plus GST on its sales staff.
This was informed to a petitioner A.S.B. Vignesh of Villupuram, who sought to know under the Right to Information (RTI) Act why [a section of] salespersons were charging ₹5, ₹10 and ₹20 above the fixed retail price on quarter (180 ml), half (360 ml) and full (720 ml) liquor bottles respectively and ₹10 for beer bottles. He wanted to know whether the employees at the State-owned liquor outlets were authorised to charge more than the fixed retail price and if so where the excess money was going.
The Public Information Officer informed the petitioner that selling liquor above the price fixed by the State government was not permitted and any violations were being viewed seriously. While sharing the contact details of the officials who could be contacted for lodging complaints in…
