The Madras High Court Bench here on Wednesday directed Tirunelveli Collector to lock and seal a portion of Saravana Selvarathinam Stores at Melapalayam in Tirunelveli district for reportedly utilising a space earmarked for parking lot also into a commercial space thereby forcing the customers to park their vehicles in a residential area at South Bypass Road.
A Division Bench of Justices K.K. Sasidharan and G.R. Swaminathan passed the order on Wednesday morning in the presence of the Member Secretary of Tirunelveli Local Planning Authority and ordered that a compliance report should be filed by afternoon. After the order was duly complied with, the judges adjourned to Monday further hearing on a case filed against the commercial complex.
Following the court order, a portion of the shop was shut.