Regn.No. KERBIL/2012/45073 dated 05-09-2012 with RNI Reg No.KL/TV(N)/634/2021-2023 മകരള സർകാർ Government of Kerala 2026
മകരള ഗസറ്
KERALA GAZETTE
അസാധാരണം
EXTRAORDINARY
ആധികാരികാേയി ്പസിദറ്റപടുതുനത
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തിരുവനനപുരം,
2026 ചസപറംബർ 10
10th September 2026
വ്ാഴം
നർേ
No. 2463 വാലം 15 Vol. XV
1202 ചിങം 25 25th Chingam 1202 Thiruvananthapuram, Thursday
1948 ഭാ്ദം 19 19th Bhadra 1948
GOVERNMENT OF KERALAM
Taxes (G) Department
NOTIFICATION
G. O. (P) No. 79/2026/Taxes.
Dated, Thiruvananthapuram, 9th September, 2026
24th Chingam, 1202.
S. R. O. No. 752/2026
In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (d) of sub-section (1) of section 36A of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (Central Act 61 of 1985), the Government of Keralam hereby authorize all officers of and above the rank of Inspectors of the Kerala State Narcotic Control Bureau (State NCB) of the Excise Department to file complaints in respect of offences under the Act before the Special Courts within the area of their respective jurisdiction.
By order of the Governor,
2 Explanatory Note(This does not form part of the notification, but is intended to indicate its general purport.) The Government, as per the notification issued under G.O.(Ms.) No. 168/92/TD dated 20th October, 1992 and published as S.R.O. No. 1356/92 in the Kerala Gazette Extraordinary No. 1160 dated 20th October, 1992, have authorized the officers of the Excise Department of and above the rank of an Excise Inspector, and all officers of and above the rank of Sub-Inspector of the Police Department to exercise the power to file complaints in respect of offences under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 before the Special Courts within the area of their respective jurisdiction.
As per G. O. (Ms.) No. 17/2026/TAXES dated 12th March, 2026 and G. O. (Ms.) No. 29/2026/TAXES dated 17th July, 2026, Government have formed a special unit in the Excise Department named the Kerala State Narcotic Control Bureau (State NCB) by reorganising the existing enforcement machinery through the renaming and redeployment of officers and staff of the Excise Department to strengthen intelligence gathering, investigation, inter-agency coordination and enforcement activities relating to offenses under the said act. Accordingly, Government have decided to authorize the officers of the Kerala State Narcotic Control Bureau of Excise Department of and above the rank of Inspector, with the powers to file complaints in respect of offenses under the said Act, before the Special Courts within the area of their respective jurisdiction.
The notification is intended to achieve the above object.