(1.) The main question involved in this writ petition is, 'Whether a model shop can be relocated/ created during an excise year in an area where there is another liquor shop in existence.'
(2.) The petitioner was granted a licence of Indian made foreign liquor (IMFL) shop for the excise year 2009-10 at Shamshabad, Agra. He was an existing licensee for the excise year 2010-11.
(3.) The State Government came out with the excise policy for renewal and settlement of different categories of liquor shops on 26.2.2010. An advertisement was also published in the news papers on 28.2.2010 informing about the same. Later, it was also circulated by the Excise Commissioner by his letter dated 3.3.2010.