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Andhra Pradesh: Movie ticket prices GO suspended
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HC agrees with the contention of petitioners that the State govt has no power to fix the ticket rates
Amaravati: The High Court on Tuesday suspended a state government order, reducing the prices of cinema tickets.
The court passed the orders on a petition filed by cinema theatre owners challenging the Government Order (GO) 35 issued in April this year, reducing the prices.
It allowed the petitioners to sell the tickets at old rates.
The petitioners argued that the GO was issued in violation of earlier orders by the court.
They argued that the government's intervention in deciding the cinema ticket prices was not appropriate and that they had every right to decide the ticket prices at the time of release of new films.
Certain sections of Telugu film industry had voiced their unhappiness over the GO and had urged the government to withdraw it. However, the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) government had defended its move on the ground that the cinema theatres were resorting to exorbitant hike in prices before the release of big budget films or films featuring big actors.
In November, a bill was also passed in the state Assembly for an online movie ticketing system to be administered by the state government.
The government went ahead with the passing of legislation despite reservations by a section of industry. Minister for Cinematography Perni Venkataramaiah said that AP Cinemas (Regulation) (Amendment) Bill 2021 will check exploitation of moviegoers.
Megastar Chiranjeevi also requested Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy to rethink the government's decision to have a low cap on movie ticket prices.
He had stated that for the survival of theatres and for the many families who depend upon cinema alone for their survival, these reduced online ticketing rates should have the same flexibility as the uniform GST prices.of their demands.
AP Film Chamber vice-president M Ramdas welcoming the court order said government should consider the plea of film industry to settle the issues amicably.
