The Bombay High Court on Wednesday asked the Central Government to ensure that a fare fixation committee, FFC should be appointed quickly so that ticket rates for Mumbai Metro can be decided latest by September 30. A Bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice M S Sonak also asked the Centre to file an affidavit by September 1, informing whether such a committee has been formed and how it proposed to decide the fares. Under the Central Metro Act, the Union Government is mandated to form such a body to decide the fares of Metro railway.On the last occasion, the High Court had accepted the proposal of Reliance Infrastructure and Mumbai Metro One Pvt Ltd to slash the fares of Mumbai Metro till the month-end. RInfra and MMOPL had told the court earlier that until the FFC decided the fares, and would keep the rates at Rs 10 for a distance up to 3 kms, Rs 15 up to 8 kms and Rs 20 for longer journey (up to 20 kms) till July 31.