India, Dec. 19 -- The Haryana government's excise department has issued a show-cause notice to the Defence Services Officers' Institute (DSOI) in Palam Vihar seeking an explanation within three days for the alleged unauthorised serving of liquor without a valid licence, officials said on Thursday.

Following the notice, the club has suspended liquor service with immediate effect and informed its members that only non-alcoholic beverages will be served until the matter is resolved, the people cited above said.

Officials said the notice under the Haryana Excise Act was issued after it came to the department's attention after an HT report that liquor was being served at the bar at DSOI without the mandatory L-12C licence.

"We have served a...