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2. The case of the Prosecution, in epitome, is as follows:

On 23.09.2024, Sri Mukesh Kumar Meena, Principal Secretary to the Government of Andhra Pradesh, submitted a report, vide Memo No.Rev- 01/CPE/20/2024-VIG-IV, dated 20.09.2024 alleging certain irregularities in the formulation of liquor policy between 2019 and 2024 i.e., (i) suppression of established popular brands and unfair discrimination in allocation of Order for Supply (OFS) over a period of time leading to almost disappearance of some popular brands from the market, (ii) favourable and preferential allocation of orders to certain new brands in violation of the existing norms by giving them undue market share and competitive advantage, and (iii) the procurement system was shifted to manual process, giving scope for manipulation of OFS system, against the previous system of automated OFS compromising the integrity or the process.