Apply In-Person

1. Applicant can reach the nearest Excise Inspector of the area where the toddy tapping is to be done and take the application for license of toddy tapping. Names and addresses of the respective Excise inspectors are mentioned in the “Office Locations and Contacts" on this page. Contact Link
2. The applicant must fill all the details in application form. Link for online application form Link
3. Complete the application form with correct details. Attach required documents as per "Required Documents" section mentioned on this page.
4. Submit the completed application form along with the supporting documents to the Excise Inspector as mentioned in "Office Locations and Contacts" on this page.
5. Pay fees as given below on this page.
6. The Excise Inspector and other approving authorities will verify the application and all the documents.
7. After all the verification, the license shall be issued thereof to the tapper.
   

The documents required for successfully completing the procedure are as follows

• Identity Certificate(s) of Toddy Tapper(s)
• Address(s) and Photo(s) of Toddy Tapper(s), and specify whether permanent employee or not
• Possession Certificate / Land Tax Receipt of the land from where toddy is to be tapped
• Consent of the Land Owner from where toddy is to be tapped
• Document containing name of trees.
  

Excise Department
Qaisar Bagh,
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226001
The locations and contacts of Excise Guards and Excise Inspectors are: Link

• Applicant of slow tax areas should not be allowed to tap trees in high tax areas but if it is necessary to do so, they will be required to pay high tax per tree.
• No license will be issued to anyone: -
• If he has been convicted by a criminal Court for a no-bailable offence.
• If he is in arrears of Government revenue.
• If his conduct as an Excise licensee has been found unsatisfactory.
• If he has earlier been guilty of any serious breach of the condition of licence relating to Nira.
• If he on the date of the application is below the age of twenty-one years.
• If he is suffering from any infectious or contagious disease.
• Applicant should have arrangements for refrigerator / ice-box to prevent fermentation in Nira.
• No tapping should be done unless the trees have been marked and numbered.
  

No fee shall be charged for a licence to tap tree for the manufacture of Gur or other similar product

All license will be issued from October 1 to September 30 of next year.

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• Sample Application Form for Toddy Tapping- Link
  
• Sample License for Toddy Tapping- Link
  

After all the formalities are completed by excise inspector, the license will be issued.

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• Before tapping, the trees have to be marked and numbered.
• No tapping should be done form any tree until it has been marked by the department.
• No trees should be tapped between sunset and sunrise.
• No tree will be tapped if it is less than 150 cm in height from the ground level.
  

Following information of both the parties and witness are required:
(a) Name and address of the toddy tapper.
(b) Name of the property in which the trees are situated as well as its registration number.
(c) Number of trees to be tapped.
(d) Name of the owner of the trees.

Toddy Tapping license grants the rights to the tappers to do toddy tapping without any offence. the toddy tappers after obtaining the license shall start to sell their products by wholesale method.

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