chandigarh tightening the noose around hotels and restaurants offering one plus one or two plus two offers on drinks the ut excise and taxation department has sought details of tax paid on every single drink offered to customersrecently the department issued challans to 15 outlets offering two plus two offer on drinks after issuing advertisements through an online food delivery app on raksha bandhan besides the department also issued challans to seven outlets serving drinks to youngsters below the legal drinking age of 25 yearsafter issuing challans the department will now calculate penalty to be imposed on violators a senior official of the department said they will check whether these hotels restaurants and pubs were evading tax on promotional drinksto check record of sale and tax paid on every drink the department has asked outlet owners to submit tax details if they were evading taxes on promotional drinks the department will also take action accordingly he saidrecently the department imposed a penalty of rs 1lakh on a sector 26based hotel for a one plus one free offer on liquor soon the department will impose penalty on eight liquor vends for selling alcohol without issuing bills to customersthe department has introduced a penalty to ensure that traders abide by minimum retail sale price a trader will be fined rs 1 lakh for the first violation and rs 2 lakh for subsequent violations