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Tribune News ServiceAmritsar, November 20Even after five months, the Municipal Corporation (MC) has not responded to a query of the Excise and Taxation Department if liquor can be served inside historical and protected monuments at Company Bagh. The questions are being raised on the MC for its alleged attempt to help the “illegal” private clubs by not responding to the Excise Department’s query. “The delay has been acting as privilege to the elite clubs inside the protected monuments,” said Kulwant Singh, one of the petitioners seeking removal of clubs from Company Bagh. A lot of communication between the MC and the Excise and Taxation Department had already done in April and May this year. On requesting anonymity, an MC official said the case had been marked to the law officer for his remark a few months ago..