Plea against fixing of movie ticket prices

HYDERABAD: Justice Vilas Afzalpurkar of the High Court on Friday admitted a writ petition questioning a recent government order fixing the maximum entry rate in film theatres.Owners of two theatres, Tirumala in Khammam and Venkatesha in Adilabad contended that fixation of such rates was not only impractical and illegal but also arbitrary.The judge however did not grant any interim directions and posted the matter for after four weeks.Judges question failure to implement orders Two HC judges voiced concern at the state bureaucracy’s failure to implement court orders. Justice CV Nagarjuna Reddy on Friday summoned the secretary of School Education even after he was informed that orders of the court had been implemented.The judge was dealing with a contempt case filed by Hindu College High School and 22 others who have been asking the Education department for maintenance grants to their institutions since 2004.The judge in June 2010 directed the government to make the payment. When payment was not made within the stipulated period, a contempt case was filed. The court was informed on Friday that the order had been complied with.The judge was dissatisfied and wondered if it was necessary for the citizen to push a contempt petition to have court orders implemented.On Thursday Justice P V Sanjay Kumar pointed out to the insensitivity of the bureaucracy in implementing court orders in a case where the tahasildar while mutating revenue records after a long-drawn litigation, had made clear in her order she was doing so at the directions of revenue authorities.He wondered why the tahasildar was unwilling to implement a court order.The judge will examine the matter on Monday.