Section 26A(2)(i) in The Bihar and Orissa Excise Act, 1915
(i)the authority competent to grant licence for manufacture, possession or sale, or exclusive privilege of manufacture or sale, of any intoxicant shall, before granting any such license or exclusive privilege, refer every proposal therefor to the concerned Grama Panchayat for its decision within a period of thirty days from the date of receipt of such reference; and