-(Per Jitendra Jain, J.)
1. By consent of the learned counsel for the parties, Writ
Petition No.497 of 2014, is taken as the lead petition. The learned
counsel also agree that a common judgment could dispose of these
petitions, since the legal issue involved in all three writ petitions is
the same.
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2. Rule and Interim relief was granted on 9 July 2014, staying
the operation and implementation of paragraph 3(d) of the
Government Order (G.O.) dated 4 April 2013 and clause (a) of the
Government Order (G.O.) dated 18 March 2014 issued by the
Revenue and Forest Department, Government of Maharashtra,
which prohibited the collection of service charges/convenience
fees on booking of computerized cinema tickets online.