A Division Bench of Justices Jaichandran and Vaidhyanathan gave the direction on a PIL filed by one Abul Hassan Sadali of Ammapattinam in Pudukottai district.
The Supreme Court had already ordered that encroachment of water bodies should be removed,they said.
The petitioner prayed the court to direct the collector to remove the encroachments.He also prayed to direct the Panchayat president of the village not give building plan approval for the construction of any building,and restrain officials from issuing any patta for the encroached lands.
He claimed that no action was taken on his representations to officials.Villagers in the area had also sent a representation but no action was taken.A copy of the representation had been sent to the Chief Minister's cell also.