Hyderabad, Jan. 11 -- The Telangana high court on Saturday refused to entertain a house motion petition by advocate Vijay Gopal seeking a cancellation of the hike to ticket prices for the film Mana Sankara Varaprasad Garu, starring actor Chiranjeevi, scheduled for release on January 12, said lawyers familiar with court proceedings.

They added that the high court asked the advocate to file a fresh petition on January 19, after the Sankranti festival.

The development came a day after the high court cancelled a similar hike in ticket prices for Prabhas-starrer Raja Saab, and also reprimanded the state government over a lack of consistent policy frameworks on film ticket prices and allowing hikes on a film-to-film basis.

The court expresse...