Kerala Govt cancels Nedumbassery Airport bar licence issued by Seeram; fee to be refunded

Thiruvananthapuram: The State Government has issued an order revoking an FL-7 bar licence granted while Seeram Sambasiva Rao was serving as the Excise Commissioner.

The order formally cancels both the initial permit and the operational licence granted to an air lounge bar situated on the second floor of Terminal 3 at Nedumbassery Airport.

According to the order issued by R Jayashankar, Additional Excise Commissioner, holding charge of Excise Commissioner, the applicant can obtain a full refund of the ₹2 lakh licence application fee by submitting a formal request.

The government cited an existing policy decision as the reason for the revocation, stating that no new bar licences, including FL-7, are to be issued until the UDF liquor policy comes into force. The order further notes that the applicant may reapply for the licence once the UDF liquor policy is finalised.