<p>The Palike has no idea who owns the Seven Hills Snooker Club on Residency Road, where some schoolchildren were found puffing away hookah when they raided the bar on Monday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>A senior BBMP officer told Deccan Herald that the Palike has no details about the ownership of the bar that is located in the second floor of Gold Tower, where a massive fire mishap had occurred three years ago. <br /><br />“In our records, one Kumar owns this shop, but there are no other contact details. I wonder how the trade licence was issued,” said a Palike source.<br /><br />Earlier, a restaurant at Koramangala – Soul At The Courtyard – had moved the High Court of Karnataka, challenging the Palike’s order to cancel its trade licence. <br /><br />The High Court, in its verdict dated May 3, 2011, stated that the owner should not sell or encourage consumption of hookah in the restaurant. <br /><br />Also the Palike Council, at its meeting on March 29, 2011, had resolved to ban hookah bars in the City.<br /><br />Rs 180 for one hour<br /><br />The children used to spend Rs 180 an hour for smoking hookah at the bar, it is learnt. <br /><br />Shopkeepers in the building said some schoolchildren were regulars at the bar.<br /><br />A public notice was always glued on the door of the club, stating: “Due to technical problem we are closed today.”<br /><br />Ironically, another notice next to it said: “No Smoking.”<br /></p>
<p>The Palike has no idea who owns the Seven Hills Snooker Club on Residency Road, where some schoolchildren were found puffing away hookah when they raided the bar on Monday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>A senior BBMP officer told Deccan Herald that the Palike has no details about the ownership of the bar that is located in the second floor of Gold Tower, where a massive fire mishap had occurred three years ago. <br /><br />“In our records, one Kumar owns this shop, but there are no other contact details. I wonder how the trade licence was issued,” said a Palike source.<br /><br />Earlier, a restaurant at Koramangala – Soul At The Courtyard – had moved the High Court of Karnataka, challenging the Palike’s order to cancel its trade licence. <br /><br />The High Court, in its verdict dated May 3, 2011, stated that the owner should not sell or encourage consumption of hookah in the restaurant. <br /><br />Also the Palike Council, at its meeting on March 29, 2011, had resolved to ban hookah bars in the City.<br /><br />Rs 180 for one hour<br /><br />The children used to spend Rs 180 an hour for smoking hookah at the bar, it is learnt. <br /><br />Shopkeepers in the building said some schoolchildren were regulars at the bar.<br /><br />A public notice was always glued on the door of the club, stating: “Due to technical problem we are closed today.”<br /><br />Ironically, another notice next to it said: “No Smoking.”<br /></p>
