It is clear that Telangana Prohibition and Excise department had permitted Radisson Blue Plaza hotel to serve liquor 24 hours a day to customers on its bar premises. Going by the official permission, a customer can go to the bar in that hotel and consume liquor anytime of the day or night.
But the catch lies as to what exactly does a customer mean. The prime purpose of permitting a bar in a star hotel to serve liquor 24 hours is to cater to the needs of international travellers or persons checking into the hotel for staying. Thus the customer in this context meant a person who had checked into the hotel room or an international traveller.
“The spirit of according permission to the star rated hotels (four star and above) to serve liquor for 24 hours is in view of its clientele and not for general public,” Hyderabad Police Commissioner C. V. Anand said. ‘Other customers (who are not guests of the hotel) cannot be permitted to consumer liquor in such bars,” he said.
