CCC Appealed Govt To Controll Cinema Ticket Fee
The Coimbatore Consumer Cause has asked the Government to initiate stringent measures to prevent cinemas from collecting entry fee over and above the stipulated rates of admission permitted by the Government. In a memorandum to the Home Secretary and the District Collector, the secretary of the consumer body, K. Kathirmathiyon, said that after the withdrawal of the entertainment tax completely, the cinemas were permitted to collect a maximum admission rate of Rs. 50, Rs. 40, Rs. 25 and Rs. 15 for air-conditioned cinemas respectively in corporation, municipality, town panchayat and village panchayat.The benefit of entertainment tax waiver was never passed on to the consumers and cinemas retained it
For non air-conditioned cinemas the rates were respectively Rs. 30, Rs. 20 and Rs.10. The benefit of entertainment tax waiver was never passed on to the consumers and cinemas retained it. Recently a court had upheld the decision of the Government regarding the suspension of C Form licence besides imposing fine on cinemas. The cinemas owners claim that they got new films from distributors only if they were prepared to sell the tickets at a higher rate.
When people preferred written complaint, the owners denied the charges and officials tend to go by the denial. It is quite obvious that no theatre would admit that they sold tickets at premium rates. Hence no purpose would be served by asking the public to send in written complaints.
