A publication of Association of Hotels & Restaurants. Email: [email protected] Vol-III Issue - 8 November 2015 RNI Regn. No. MAHENG/2013/60096 Monthly Pages 8 Price `25/- Every Hotelier must make their establishment Fire Compliant - Shri Adarsh Shetty

Forever News reporter : The recent Fire episode melted and gas leaked into the all the members in the matters sincerely thanked all the members which took the life right from air-conditioned room and the fire concerning safety of the employees for unanimously electing him as the Chief Fire Officer, Second and and patrons said President Shri the Vice President of the Zone for third in command of the Mumbai Adarsh Shetty. the 4th consecutive year. He said Fire Force Fire and the case of City The Minutes of the 10th that he wish to specially thank Kinara Restaurant, Kurla which Monthly Managing Committee Shri Gopal Shettiji, honorable took eight young lives, was a heart- Meeting held on 29th October MP, Shri Ravindra Shetty and wrenching scene at Ghatkopar’s 2015 at Hotel Avenue, Thakur Shri Yermal Harish Shetty Ex Rajawadi hospital. In all these case Complex, Near W.E. Highway, VPs, Shri Raghuram Shetty and major reason for fire is the careless Kandivili [East], Mumbai. Shri Mundappa Payyade, senior attitude and neglect of fire safety Proceedings Hoteliers of the zone, for their advisory by the people who manage Address by the President support and help. He also thanked the hotels and establishments. The President Shri Adarsh Shetty his entire team for their support In most of the fire cases it is began the meeting and requested and cooperation in discharging his evident that the fire is spreading spreads even faster. Host Vice President Zone V responsibilities. He further said through AC duct and improper Hence, the members are Shri Anil Salian to welcome the that it is only AHAR which can installation and illegal connections requested to take adequate gathering. safeguard the interest of Hotels & which in turns, lead to serious fire precautions to make their Eating Welcome Address by the host Restaurants and it is our bounden hazards. As the rubber hose which House fire retardant and make their Vice President duty to strengthen it. He requested used to connect the cylinder and establishments fire compliant by Host Vice President, Zone-X, the President to proceed with the Welcome Address by the host gas stove often catches fire due periodical fire audit. Shri Anil Salian welcomed all meeting. Vice President, Zone-X Shri Shri Anil Salian to faulty tubes. The gas pipe gets Looking forward to support from the members to the meeting. He (Continued on page 2) EXPO 2015 Few stall left out December 16, 2015 rush your booking For Sponsorship Details Please contact:

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Chairman and BJP employed eminent lawyer and Ex (Continued from page 1) Committee Chairman Vice Chairman Spokesman for his Union Minister Shri Kapil Sibbal Confirmation of the minutes Catering Shri Samith Arasa Shri Vilas Jhaveri involvement in getting to represent our case. We had to Registration Shri Sunil M Saigal Shri Nitin B Pawar of the 9th Monthly Managing the appointments, spend lot of fund in this matter Liquor & Barrel Shri Vijaykumar Shetty Shri Mohan Shetty which is going on for the last 15 Committee Meeting held on Felicitation Shri Shailendra Shetty Shri Nitin R Shetty arranging the meetings 30. 9. 2015. Stage Management Shri Santosh R Shetty Shri Shivaji Shetty with the Chief Minister years. He said the final hearing The Hon. Gen. Secretary Shri Security Shri Prabhakar Shetty and the Municipal and judgment will be heard on Sukesh Shetty presented the Lucky Dip Shri Shrinivas Shetty Shri Satish R Shetty Commissioner. 5th of November 2015. We hope minutes of the 9th Monthly Stalls Shri Mahesh shetty Shri Prasad M Shetty Election to the we will get a fair judgment and Managing Committee Meeting Seminar/Events Shri Bhaskar Shetty Managing Committee the Dance Bar/Performance Bar Media Shri Adarsh Shetty Shri Sukesh Shetty held on 30. 9. 2015. He also 2015-2016 industry can revive and survive. pointed out the error in the Committee fire safety compliance and display Adv D. K. Shetty, the He requested all Performance Bar minutes circulated in Page Shri Sudhakar T Shetty the the board to that ELECTION PROGRAMME No 3-typed as the Hon. Gen. Chairman of the 36th AGM effect in their 1 Last date for receipt of Nominations 30.11.2015 up to 5.00 p.m Secretary Shri Shashidhar Shetty declared the names of various establishment. 2 Date of publication of the List of Nominations 30.11.2015 to be read as the Hon. Treasurer AGM Committee Chairmen and He also advised received. Shri Shashidhar Shetty and Page Co-chairmen. (See box) the members 3 Date of scrutiny of Nominations. 30.11.2015 No. 4- in the Event of the month, He briefed the house that so to get the fire 4 Date of publication of List of Valid Nominations. 30.11.2015 5 Date by which Candidature may be withdrawn. 04.12.2015 up to 5.00 p.m. far 30 Stalls out of 60 are booked. and electrical the sentence, we hope the license 6 Date of publication of Final List of Candidates. 04.12.2015 will be ‘revoked’ to be read as M/s Investaac, Reliable Business installations 7 Date of Election. 10.12.2015 ‘restored’. Solution and Bhandary Builders, duly audited 8 Date of counting Votes. 10.12.2015 The house confirmed the same Mangalore have confirmed their periodically. 9 Date of Declaration of Results of Voting. 16.12.2015 in the AGM Proposed by participation as the co-sponsors • The Ministry Shri Prabhakar Shetty and events support sponsors of Finance, Central Government Returning Officer to conduct the owners to contribute their might Seconded by of the AGM. He requested the had invited suggestions, Managing Committee election for and support the Association in the Shri Shivaji Shetty members to approach their own objections in Direct and Indirect the year 2015-2016 announced legal fight. Approval of the Accounts for vendors and suppliers for the Taxes for the ensuing Budget the election schedule (See box). Shri Niranjan Shetty - the month of September 2015. sponsorship & stalls and make the from our Association. We had Adv D. K. Shetty briefed about Chairman-MCGM Committee The Hon. Treasurer Shri event a grand success. submitted our suggestions and the regular mistakes committed After the City Kinara fire Shashidhar G. Shetty presented Events of the month objections as an Association. while filling the nominations incident, we are constantly in the Accounts for the month of Addressing the gathering Shri • We have been invited by the and cautioned against them. touch with Chief Minister’s office September 2015. Adarsh Shetty, President briefed Sales Tax commissioner for a He sought the support of every and were able to meet him and The House approved the same. as under. workshop on GST on 28.10.205. member to conduct an impartial convince him about our genuine Proposed by • The Supreme Court has given Our delegation attended the same and transparent election. grievances. The CM was kind Shri Prasad Shetty a historic judgment in the writ and have given their inputs. Letters of appreciation enough to instruct the Municipal Seconded by petition filed by AHAR in Dance • Our delegation was also invited The Hon. Gen. Secretary read out Commissioner to speak to our Shri K. K. Mahale Bar case by staying the draconian by the Municipal Commissioner the appreciation letter to AHAR delegation. The Meeting with The Hon. Treasurer briefed that Section 33A of Mumbai Police and Shri Ajoy Mehta and delegation and respective Vice Presidents for Municipal Commissioner was very an amount of Rs. 13.62 lakhs were instructing the Mumbai Police to briefed him about the action of the support and co-operation in positive and has taken the heat off sanctioned for the Performance renew the license of Dance Bars. MCGM, following the Kurla fire, solving their grievances. and tension from the minds of Bar account on their request to He congratulated Shri Bharat overstepping their authority. The 1. Asha Bar & Restaurant, Hoteliers and Restaurateurs. meet the urgent legal expenditure Thakur, Chairman, Performance Municipal Commissioner directed Prabhadevi, Mumbai Shri K. K. Mahale – Chairman - of Dance Bar which came for Bar committee and his team for AHAR to make all their member 2. Mayur Restaurant & Bar, Hawker action Committee. hearing on 15th of Oct. 2015. He the landmark judgment. He said Restaurants fire safety norm Sion, Mumbai We have got a very important said if the amount is withdrawn we have employed Shri Kapil compliant and display a board 3. Kamath Yatri Nivas [P] Bombay High Court judgment on it will be reimbursed by the Sibbal, an eminent lawyer as to that effect. He also agreed to Limited. 23.10.2015 instructing the MCGM committee. He requested the our counsel. The final verdict is our suggestion of simplifying 4. Mallika Bar & Restaurant, to evict the illegal food hawkers house to approve the same. reserved for 5th November 2015. licensing conditions, to do away Asalpha, Ghatkopar within two months. The House approved the same. He advised the Bar owners to do with the duplication of licenses Advisors Speech Felicitation to Shri Gopal Proposed By the business within the laid down etc. He requested AHAR to submit Shri Narayana M Alva said that Shetty, MP Shri Shivaji Shetty norms and earn the living with the same in a booklet. We have he will file WP against MCGM On the occasion, Shri Gopal Seconded by dignity. He sought the support, formed a committee for the for breaking a Counter at his Shetty, MP was honored for his Shri Guruprasad Shetty cooperation and contribution of purpose and will be submitting our Restaurant. He also advised other support to the Hotel & Restaurant The Hon. Treasurer further each and every Performance Bar observations, recommendation Restaurateurs to file case against Industry. informed the house that an owners in this final battle which etc. soon. MCGM in case of any excess Replying to the felicitation, Shri amount of Rs. 2.80 lakhs needs can revive the industry. • In case of any excessive committed by MCGM officials Gopal Shetty said that he will help to be sanctioned towards the PR • The recent tragedy in City measures taken by the MCGM during recent drive after City the Association is getting the piped exercise of the Association by Kinara Hotel, Kurla was very after the City Kinara Hotel Kinara Hotel incident. gas connection from MGL which is I-Deators Communications, who tragic. The subsequent rampant incident of breaking, dismantling, Presentation by Sub very safe and will not lead to any did excellent job in the past 6 drive by MCGM officials damaging sealing of licenced Restaurants, Committee Chairmen accident. The instruction of the months. The House approved the and destroying the property he advised them to file Petition Shri Bharat Thakur - Municipal Commissioner, which same. without giving proper notice is not against the authorities. He further Chairman-Performance Bar is very positive to the industry, Proposed by Shri justified and this created a phobia said AHAR will provide them with We have got a stay on section should be percolated to the ward Gaurang Shah in the minds of Restaurateurs. He all logistic support. 33A by Supreme Court, which also level. We will also speak to the Gas Seconded by Shri advised each and every hotelier • The President appreciated the directed the State Government to Companies regarding the number Shivaji Shetty to strictly follow the fire safety efforts and support of Shri Niranjan renew the PL of the Performance / of Gas Cylinders permitted / Declaring the 36th AGM norms and make their Restaurant Shetty, AHAR- MCGM Committee Dance Bar. Due to urgency we have (Continued on page 4)

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(Continued from page 2) Zone V - Shri Ravindranath After the Kurla fire tragedy the the members to take necessary 11. Realty Automation allowed. Nire: drive by MCGM officials are on. steps for saving the water. 12. Lodha Developers He also advised the The MOH had asked the told the Many of the compound walls, Sign Restaurateurs to unite and fight Hotel Samrat to close down for not Boards etc. were removed. Condolence Condolence. against any unjustified action of having of Fire NOC. Our delegates The house paid condolence to • The house paid condolence to the MCGM. met the MOH and sorted out the Zone X - Shri Anil Salian: • Smt Jalaja Shetty, wife of Shri the departed hoteliers. Presentation by the same. In the current year we have Sanjeeva Shetty, Janata Bar & • Shri Datta Kadam our First Vice-Presidents: Zone VI Shri Sunil Patil: collected an amount of Rs. 6 lakhs Restaurant, Kandivili. President who expired on 6.9.2015. Zone I: Shri J. D. Shetty: In the case of Mallika Bar as membership fees. Due to the • The Victims of the City Kinara • Shri Ramanna S Shetty owner Some minor drive by MCGM Asalpha, a case of riot was Kurla Hotel fire tragedy all officials Hotel Fire Tragedy. of Palace, Navrang and Balaji Hotel is on. We have made fire safety registered against the Hotelier of different departments are Bandra who expired on 15.9.2015. awareness and provided guidance inspite of few local customers taking advantage of the situation Felicitation • Shri Ramanna Shetty of to all our members. creating trouble and damaging the and harassing the Restaurateurs. On the Occasion Shri Anil Salian, Madhuban, Prabhadevi and Food Zone II - Shri K. V. Shetty: properties. Due to our efforts and VP Zone-X and host of the meeting Search, Santacruz who expired on Conducted a Health Check up and on producing the CCTV footage Donation to Chief Minister was felicitated by his team 28.9.2015. Eye Check Camp. More than 250 the SI Asalpha Police Station has Drought Relief Fund. members. Vote of Thanks employees attended the same. arrested all the culprits. Shri Bharat Thakur Chairman The Meeting was concluded We have directed the members to Zone VII -Shri Rajan Shetty: Performance Bar: Donated an Following vendors supported by Vote of thanks by the Hon. apply for fire NOC, if they do not The Manager of a Restaurant was amount of Rs.1,00,000/- on behalf the meeting through stall Gen. Secretary Shri Sukesh Shetty have one. We had Corner meetings arrested in a harassment case. of his committee. participation. to the President for conducting and all the latest developments He was freed without any charge 1. Metro Cash & Carry the meeting in a dignified have been briefed to members. after the AHAR delegation met the Shri Anil Salian, Vice President, 2. Pet Pooja way, Management of Swami Zone III - Shri Suresh concerned SI. Zone-X and his team donated an 3. VKL Mukhtananda Sabhagruha, Shri B. Shetty: No major MCGM drive in Zone VIII - Shri Jagdish Shetty: amount of Rs.1,25,000. 4. Ruchi soya B. Rathod, Shri Samith Ravindra the area. The fire tragedy in City Kinara The President said that we will 5. Foody Amma Arasa, Shri Rohit Manohar Shetty, Zone IV - Shri Sunil has resulted in rampant drive take a fresh appointment from 6. Investaac Insurance Shri Mithun Sudhir Shetty, Shetty: One of our members Shri by MCGM officials. We have told the Chief Minister and hand over Brokers Sponsors of stalls, Media partners Suresh Shetty of Megh Darshan members to take all precautions the amount collected by AHAR to 7. Saur Engineer & Cons Karnataka Malla, Udayavani, USL, Hotel got a judgment in his favour and make their establishment fire the Chief Minister Drought Relief 8. Reliable Business UBL, Pernod-Ricard and Impala in sign board matter. It is difficult compliant. Fund. He said that it is our social Solutions Distilleries for liquor support and to attend the complaints unless Zone IX - Shri Sudhakar T responsibility to respond to natural 9. Proptiger members for attending in large the members support. Shetty: calamities in the State. He advised 10. Strawberry POS. numbers. Supreme Court Allows Dance Bars To Reopen In Mumbai

Shri Chandrahas Shetty addressing the august gathering at a meeting held on 20.10.2015 at Bunts Sangha Annex, Kurla during the victorious celebration of the Supreme Court allowing Performance bars to reopn in Mumbai, this will be a huge opportunity for employmnet in the Hospitality sector.

NEW DELHI: Dance bars The apex court had, in 2009, not harmed,” the bench said. the Act is distinct by its nature. carry on any occupation, trade or will be back in business soon struck down a similar law saying Additional Solicitor General The government business) of the constitution. in Maharashtra following the that banning dance performances had brought an However, the state government Supreme Court’s stay on a law was unconstitutional. After that, amendment in had moved the apex court against banning dance performances in the state government passed 2005 — the Bombay the high court’s order that same bars, hotels and restaurants in another law in 2014 with similar Police Act — which year. the state. provisions. was challenged On July 16, 2013, the Supreme However, the court did give The court however added a in high court by Court upheld the Bombay High power to licensing authorities rider to its interim order and an asso ciation Court verdict quashing the to regulate indecent dance allowed the licensing authorities representing state government’s order and performances. It said that the in the state to regulate indecent restaurants and had said that the ban violated state must ensure that the dignity dance performances at bars and bars. the constitutional right to earn of women artists is protected. other places. The Bombay High a living. The state assembly Maharashtra’s law - that “However, we have a rider that Court on April 12, however, on June 13, 2014, banned dance performances no performance of dance will 2006 had quashed passed the -- was very similar to a be remotely expressive of any Tushar Mehta, appearing for the government’s decision Maharashtra Police (second previous law that was declared kind of obscenity…The licensing Maharashtra said at the outset and declared the provision as amendment) Bill which unconstitutional by the apex authority can regulate such dance that interim relief may be unconstitutional saying that it prevented licenses for dance court, said a bench of Justice performances so that individual granted to the Association and is against Article 19(1)(g) (to performances in three star and Dipak Misra and Prafulla C Pant. dignity of woman performer is added that 2014 amendment in practise any profession, or to five star hotels. Meeting Website : www.ahar.in November 2015 5

Hotel City Kinara fire incident an eye opener Shri Gopal Shetty, MP felicitated MUMBAI: The recent fire incident in which then spread all over the restaurant,” said a eight promising young lives from seven of fire official. The victims were taken to BMC- them from Don Bosco College were lost due to run Rajawadi hospital, where they were the fire in Kurla restuarant; an urgent college declared dead on arrival. project submission proved a blessing for their The tragedy could have been worse as friends, who were about to join them for many students were at the college. The lunch. ground-plus-one-storey restaurant was Hotel City Kinara a Chinese food joint old and crowded, but its inexpensive menu located opposite Holy Cross School, around appealed to most students struggling with 1.30 p.m. While the restaurant had a valid shoestring budgets. eating house licence, locals claimed that the Expensive food at the canteen had, in fact, mezzanine floor, where the fire broke out, pushed many other students to eat at the was illegal. The deceased were seated on the more economical City Kinara. mezzanine floor, which was used as a family The conclusion is that most of the fire and seating room. ceiling collapse happening due to improper The police findings about the cause of fitting of furniture and fixtures. fire lead to two cylinders on the mezzanine AHAR as a responsible organization has floor. One of them was empty. Gas was advised its members to get timely fire Shri Gopal Shetty Member of Parliament (MP) being felicitated by senior th being supplied to the ground floor through a and electric audit and display the same Hoteliers during the 10 Monthly Managing Committee Meeting held at Avenue Hotel at Kandivli (E), Mumbai. During his inaugural speech he pipeline. Prima facie, it appears that the pipe prominently at a visible location that the assured AHAR & the Hotel industry every support to business with ease. developed a leak and caused a spark. The fire eating house is fire compliance.

BMC action on Restaurants The BMC has also been demanding department. It has also asked its The BMC has initiated hazardous. They have NOC from Environment dept. While members to obtain Fire NOC from action in most of the wards also taken action for not the Environment dept. says that they the department incase they do not where it demolished illegal exhibiting licences, lack of have stopped issuing NOCs since last possess one or have misplaced them. extensions of hotels and NOC from fire department few years. Please refer to the AHAR website seized unauthorized gas & health licences, seized In these circumstances AHAR has www.ahar.in for Fire Safety Guidelines cylinders and unguarded counters of Pav Bhaji in asked all its members to strictly issued by Mumbai Fire Brigade in the items that can be fire front of the restaurants. follow the guidelines issued by Fire aftermath of the Hotel City Kinara fire. Meeting Website : www.ahar.in November 2015 6

Health & Eye check up, an AHAR CSR initiative

AHAR Zone -II VP Shri K. V. Shetty & team organised a Health Checkup & Eye Camp as part of the Corporate Social Responsibility on 13.10.2015 at Hotel Gold Coin, Tardeo. AHAR Zone - VI Vice President Shri Sunil Patil and team organized a Health Checkup and Eye Camp as part of the Corporate Social Responsibility on 16.9.2015 at Hotel Symphony Pride Celebration, Mulund.

AHAR Zone - VI AHAR Zone-IX Vice President VP Shri Sudhakar Shri Sunil Shetty and team Patil and team organized a organised a Health Checkup Health checkup and Eye Camp and Eye Camp as part of the as part of the Corporate Social Corporate Social Responsibility Responsibility on 29.9.2015 at on 6.10.2015 at Hotel Sai Palace, Hotel Ratna, Andheri. Bhandup.

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