Number of complaints on High Price to Legal Metrology Department 200 complaints registered in 2 days Special Checks continued for second day 34 cases booked

The Legal Metrology Department received several complaints from consumers on collecting of high prices at Cinema Theatres and Multiplexes. In particularly most complaints were against multiplexes.

The Legal Metrology Department suggested consumers to register their complaints at Toll Free Number 180042500333, Whats App Number 7330774444 on charging rates excess of MRP. For the past two days Toll Free and Whats App number received near about 200 complaints from consumers. Keeping in view of these complaints Legal Metrology Department continued its special for second day.

That Out of 28 multiplexes in Greater Hyderabad and HMDA zone, on day one checks were conducted at 20 multiplexes, of which 18 were found violating rules and 54 cases were booked on them.
On Friday, second day special teams conducted checks on another 8 multiplexes, 6 were found violating rules, 19 cases are booked.
1) Hyderabad Central PVR-3; 2) Inox Inorbit Mall Hitech City-4; 3) Cine Polis Shamshabad-4; 4) Ashian Cinema Attapur-2; 5) Asian Lakshmikala-2;
6) RK Cinema, Banjara Hills-4.
The 21 regular single screen theatres were also raided. 14 theatres were found violating the rules and 15 cases were booked against them. Remaining 7 theatres followed rules and regulations issued by Legal Metrology Department.

Details of the Cases registered at various Multiplexes in Twin Cities on 03-08-2018 under Special Raid programme