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Issues: Whether the multiplex theatres operated by the respondents were covered under the Goa Entertainment Tax Based Subsidy for Cinema Houses (Theatres) Scheme, 2004.
Analysis: The Scheme had to be read as a whole. Its background and objectives showed that it was framed to support existing cinema theatres that were in a bad shape and required incentives and concessions for upgradation in view of the International Film Festival of India. Clause 4 on eligibility could not be read in isolation so as to render clauses 2 and 3 redundant. The Scheme was intended to reimburse entertainment tax to existing theatres requiring support, not to confer a windfall on brand new multiplexes already equipped with upgraded facilities. The Court also held that statements in evidence and file notings could not override the Scheme as notified, and that the respondents had not established promissory estoppel or discrimination.
Conclusion: The respondents' multiplex theatres were not covered by the Scheme, and the decrees granting subsidy were liable to be set aside.
Final Conclusion: The appeals succeeded, the trial court decrees were reversed, and the civil suits were dismissed.
Ratio Decidendi: A subsidy scheme must be construed in its entirety and harmoniously, and eligibility clauses cannot be read in isolation to defeat the scheme's object or to extend benefits to entities plainly outside the class intended to be assisted.
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