TIRUPATI: The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) on Saturday issued orders to cancel licences of 10 Janatha canteens as these had failed to follow some conditions. The TTD had issued orders on Friday and handed those to the licence holders, but the violations came to light a day later and there was no time to knock the legal doors. According to the proceedings, the Office of the Executive Officer, TTD, issued the licence cancellation orders.Sri Padmavathi Devi Big Canteen at DMB Road, Sannidhanam Big Canteen, HVDC Big Canteen, Kousthubham Big Canteen, PAC-West and North Janatha Canteens, SMC Janatha Canteen, HVC Janatha Canteen, ANC and MMT Janatha Canteens are listed for closure .
“The above said licensees of Big Janatha canteens in Tirumala are hereby directed to close the canteens and hand over the vacant possession of the canteens immediately without fail,’ the order read.
The task force team is asked to vacate them and take necessary action to close all 10 hotels and take over the vacant possession of the said canteens immediately and submit the compliance report to EO’s office.
The canteens had failed to pay the penalty amount imposed equivalent to one month licence fee for violation of licence conditions and the licence fee dues for the month of October -2017. Srivatsav Big Canteen has filed a writ petition in the High Court, so this canteen remains open. When the TTD officials conducted surprise checks, all these canteens failed to follow certain conditions.
The TTD also stated that the Task Force and Vigilance wing, noticed several violations and after discussions, notices were served. Later again, the Vigilance wing noticed that the violations were not rectified and penalty was imposed. All these hotels were not paid the penalty. Interestingly, two of these 10 hotels — Annamayya Bhavan and Sandeep Restaurant — had closed their canteens due to inability of follow the licence conditions i.e., price of eatables.
List of canteens
Sri Padmavathi Devi Big Canteen
Sannidhanam Big Canteen
HVDC Big Canteen
Kousthubham Big Canteen
PAC West and North Janatha Canteens
SMC Janatha Canteen
HVC Janatha Canteen
ANC and MMT Janatha Canteens