udhagamandalam officials of the tamil nadu tourism development corporation ttdc removed 62 makeshift shops from the parking lot near the ooty lake on monday as per the direction of the madras high courtwhile ttdc had allowed operators of 48 shops to continue business temporarily 14 more shops came up during the lockdown period when authorities instructed them to vacate the place owners of the 14 shops moved hc however the court directed the commissioner of ttdc to file an affidavit before october 20 after inspecting the area the commissioner inspected the place last week after scrutinizing the affidavit citing that the shops were posing hindrance to traffic the court directed ttdc to remove all shops including the 14 before october 27 as per the direction of the district administration eviction drive was conducted on monday boathouse manager samson said we had served notice to all the 62 shops in the parking area two days agocompletion report with photographic evidence will be submitted to the court by ttdc commissioner samson addedtnn