The committee members as appointed by Justice S Vaidyanathan on June 20 are Mohan Ramanathan, Managing Partner, Build Aids, Nadimuthu, former Chief Engineer, PWD and advocate V Parthiban.
The committee will inspect the building on 'Anna Salai' and file its report to the court on July 1.
The judge gave the direction while passing interim orders on a writ petition from the watch company, which challenged the demolition notice dated April 1 last year of the Chennai Corporation.
However, the Assorted Publishers P Ltd., another occupant of the building, claimed that the structure is in a dilapidated condition, endangering the lives of occupants and passers-by due to the use of heavy machines and tunnel boring machines, which is being done by the railways for the Metro Rail project.
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