Chandigarh, April 11 -- A day after the UT excise and taxation department cancelled the allotment of 47 of the 96 liquor vends allotted for fiscal 2025-26, it scrapped the permit of another vend, leaving half the outlets abandoned.

To allot these 48 vends afresh, the department will be holding another round of auction from April 11, with bids scheduled to be opened on April 19.

The vends were cancelled over non-submission of bank guarantees worth Rs.40 crore.

A senior officer of the excise department said, "Now, out of 96, 48 vends are lying vacant. We will begin the fresh auction process from Friday and bids will be opened on April 19."

The decision to cancel the allotments was taken after alerting higher authorities in the departmen...