CBI has started a Preliminary Enquiry against the owner company of Le Meridian Hotel and unknown officials of New Delhi Municipal Council in connection with alleged irregularities in recovery of license fee from a hotel. Sources said, the action has been taken on the basis of complaint of the Home Ministry in the matter. <br/><br/>They said, there are allegations of irregularities in the recovery of license fee from the hotel by the officials of NDMC which caused a loss of about 400 crore rupees to the exchequer. It is alleged that NDMC officials allowed a settlement of pending license fee dues towards the civic body by the hotel by accepting a one-time fee of over 150 crore rupees which resulted in the loss to the exchequer.