pune the officials of the legal metrology department conducted surprise checks at business outlets in multiplexes and malls to find out if the operators were selling soft drinks packaged drinking water food items and other packaged items at more than the printed maximum retail pricethe drive kicked off from monday and would continue said an official of the department earlier known as weights and measures departmentthe aim of the surprise checks is to protect consumers rights during the drive we ensure that business units operating inside the multiplexes and malls do not sell products at more than the printed mrp besides we ensure that they follow other packaging norms said nitin udmale assistant controller of legal metrology pune districtudmale said we carried out checks at several malls and outlets in multiplexes we didnt come across any violation of the norms so farconsumers can contact the office of legal metrology on 02026137114 or mail complaints to aclmpuneyahooin