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If someone acts against the order, appropriate action will be taken against him/her or mandal members.”“We have talked with representatives of many mandals. “It is festival and music is an integral part of it,” he said.Late in the night, several mandals were allegedly playing high decibel music on loudspeakers. Such incidents were reported from Warje, Dhayari, Sinhagad Road, Bopodi, Kasarwadi, Bhosari, Hadapsar, Deccan and Vishrantwadi. PUNE: The city police would take stern action against the Ganapati mandals playing high decibel music on loudspeakers during the immersion on Sunday, flouting the high court ban on using them.City police commissioner K Venkatesham told TOI on Saturday, “Mandals and other members of the community must respect the high court order. They have promised that they will respect the high court order,” Venkatesham said.“If the mandals do not adhere to the order of the high court, it will be considered as contempt of the court,” he said.A division bench of Justice Shantanu Kemkar and Justice Sarang Kotwal rejected a plea of a body of audio system providers — Professional Audio and Lighting Association — seeking a declaration that there was no legal ban on the use of high frequency loudspeakers in the state..