Panaji (Goa) Adv. Aires Rodrigues has today in a written complaint submitted to the Excise Commissioner Amit Satija sought immediate revocation of the Excise licenses that were issued to Sandhya Hoble wife of Goa BJP Vice-President and OBC Corporation Chairman Anil Hoble.
Sandhya Hoble was granted Excise licenses to operate a Bar in her restaurant and another for retail sale of packed liquor bottles with both premises located along the Panaji- Ribandar causeway.
Drawing the attention of the Excise Commissioner that as per the amendment to Rule 90 of the Goa Excise Duty Rules notified by a notification dated 4th August 2016 no Excise licence can be granted to a person having a criminal case registered, Adv. Rodrigues has pointed out that on 12thJuly 2017 Sandhya Hoble along with her husband Anil and son Milind were booked by the North Goa Women Police Station under Sections 498-A, 323, 506 (ii) read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3 & 4 of the Dowry Prevention Act.
Adv. Rodrigues in his complaint has further stated that though the officials of the Excise department are fully aware of the F.I.R against the Hobles they have taken no action to revoke the Excise licences obviously because the politically very well connected Anil Hoble is the Vice-President of the ruling BJP.
Stating that the continuance of the Excise licences issued to Sandhya Hoble are now in blatant and rank violation of law, Adv. Rodrigues has sought that the now illegal licences be forthwith revoked.
Adv. Rodrigues has further pointed out that the Women Police Station after completing the investigation into the F.I.R have on 10th November 2017 charge sheeted the Hobles before the Panaji Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) .
Adv. Rodrigues in his complaint has also sought deterrent action against the erring officers of the Excise department who have failed to act swiftly to uphold the law once the criminal case was registered against the Excise license holder Sandhya Hoble.
Ironically the amendment to the Excise Rules brought by the BJP in 2016 to debar criminally tainted persons from being issued Excise licences has now come to haunt its own party Vice-President Anil Hoble.
