Goa - Obtain License or Permit as Toddy Tapper

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Procedure

Apply In-Person

1. Applicant can reach the nearest Excise Inspector of the area where the toddy tapping is to be done. Names and addresses of the respective Excise inspectors are mentioned in the “Office Locations and Contacts" on this page. Contact Link.
2. Application form E-17 is to be obtained.
3. Application form can be taken from the respective office or you can download it using the link on page 32 Form Link
4. The applicant must fill all the details in application form.
5. Complete the application form with correct details. Attach required documents as per "Required Documents" section mentioned on this page.
6. Excise guard will give you challan in form E-18.
7. Present declaration and Challan to Excise Inspector as mentioned in "Office Locations and Contacts" on this page.
8. Pay monthly instalments of tree tax in advance as mentioned in "fees" section given below.
9. The Excise Inspector and other approving authorities will verify the application and all the documents.
10. Excise inspector will give tapping license in form E-19.
11. The license shall be issued thereof to the tapper.
    

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Required Documents

The documents required for successfully completing the procedure are as follows

1. ID proofs containing name and address of the applicant
2. Document containing name of the property where trees are situated.
3. Document containing number and kinds of trees.
4. Document containing name of trees.
   

Office Locations & Contacts

Commissioner of Excise
Old High Court Building,
Panaji Goa
Telephone no. -0832-2425593
Addresses of the Offices/Subordinate Offices Link
Public Information Officers (Excise Inspectors) at Taluka Level Link

Eligibility

• Before tapping, the trees have to be marked and numbered.
• The tree tax may be paid in monthly instalments.
• The first instalments shall be paid in advance before the licence is issued.
• When the trees to be tapped belong to the Government, the corresponding tree rent shall be paid along with the first instalments of the tree tax.
• If period of tapping is less than three months, then no license will be issued
  

Fees

• When the trees to be tapped belong to the Government, the corresponding tree rent shall be paid along with the first instalment of the tree tax.
• When the trees sought to be tapped belong to the Government, a tree rent shall be paid by the tapper.
• Rent will be the rates fixed by the Commissioner with the previous approval of the Government for each kind of tree but not exceeding Rs. 5/- per coconut tree and Rs. 3/- for other trees per each month of tapping.
  

Validity

The period of a licence shall never exceed a year and that such a licence will always expire on 31st day of December of the year in which the period of the licence commenced.

Documents to Use

Application form link on page 32 Link

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Processing Time

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

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Instructions

1. No coconut tree, date tree, cajuri or other palmtree shall be tapped unless a licence has been obtained from the Excise Inspector of that area in which the trees are situated
   
2. No tapping should be done unless the trees have been marked and numbered.
   
3. When a tree dies or does not produce toddy during the currency of licence, it may be substituted by another one, under a fresh declaration in form E-17.
   

Required Information

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.

Need for the Document

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.

Information which might help

If the tapper desires to abandon the tapping totally or partially during the currency of the licence, he has to follow the procedure as filling in a declaration in Form E-17 at least 8 days before the tapping is intended to be abandoned.

Other uses of the Document/Certificate

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