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114 cases filed by TN Labour department against canteen owners for fleecing movie-goers
Penal action would be taken against eateries in movie halls selling items above the maximum retail price (MRP), the Tamil Nadu Labour Department said on Friday. The Department also conducted inspections for the past two days at various canteens, resulting in the filing of a whooping 114 cases against movie theatre canteen owners.
Chennai
The Department said its special taskforce headed by an officer in the rank of an Assistant Commissioner was formed following complaints and it raided cinemas across the state during the last two days, an official press release said.
“Inspection was carried out in a total of 335 places in Tamil Nadu and 72 contraventions were found in selling water bottles, soft drinks and food packets above MRP. There were also violations reported in non-declaration of statutory information like the name of the manufactures, their complete address, MRP (inclusive of all taxes), date of packing, best before use and so on,” said R Nantha Gopal, Commissioner of Labour department, in an official release, on Friday.
He also said that 38 cases were booked for non-declaration of statutory information and another four cases were booked for contraventions in weights and measures. “Of late, a lot of complaints had been received from the public about packaged commodities sold above MRP in canteens, restaurants and stalls inside cinema theatres and in order to put an end to the practice, the special task force was formed in each district and surprise raids were conducted on Thursday and Friday in all cinema theatres across the state,” Gopal added.
New app for complaints
Nantha Gopal further said that the Labour Department has created a mobile app named Tamil Nadu Legal Metrology Complaint Tracking System (TN-LMCTS) for consumers to file complaints on contraventions on excess MRP collected, non-declarations, short weighment and others on weights and measures found in fuel stations, ration shops and in other places. The app can be downloaded in Google play store, Gopal said.
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