CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has ordered maintenance of status quo in the matter of construction of an office building for Hindu Makkal Katchi in Coimbatore.Justice P N Prakash granted the injunction on Tuesday while admitting a petition from Manjula Theivanayagam of Saidapet, who claimed that the land on which HMK was planning to construct its office on Subramaniam Street in R S Puram, belonged to her and others. The judge issued notice to authorities concerned, returnable in two weeks.
Previously, Arjun Sampath, a local HMK leader had moved the High Court with a petition to restrain petitioners and others from interfering with the construction activities on the disputed land and the judge on April 25 last disposed of it with a direction to the police to summon both parties and take action as per law. Hence, the present petition from the petitioner.