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"Ladha said the association has filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) with MP High Court Jabalpur challenging civic bodies' tax and the hearing is on October 11. INDORE: Cinema hall and multiplex operators in the state who have gone on strike over the imposition of entertainment tax in addition to GST by the civic bodies are in a fix after the announcement of poll and model code became effective. Central Circuit Cine Association (CCCA) director Basant Ladha told TOI, "Why are we forced to pay dual tax on entertainment? We are in talks with government machinery and shall end strike, when some concrete assurance shall come." The deadlock between the cine hall owners and government does not seem to end soon.Around 400 single screens and multiplexes across the state are shut since Friday..