madurai the madurai bench of the madras high court has ordered the permanent closure of the tasmac shop in kalingapatti the native village of mdmk leader vaikothis tasmac shop made news when vaikos aged mother joined villagers in their protest demanding closure of the shop last year villagers have been demanding the closure of this shop for many years and resolutions to this effect were passed at the panchayat meetings in the years 2002 and 2015 but the authorities failed to take any actiona large demonstration was conducted by vaiko in his home town last year in which vck leader thirumavalavan also participated the tasmac shop was ransacked in a rampage that followed the demonstration police had to use force to disperse the mobs under these circumstances the tirunelveli district collector passed orders nullifying the panchayat resolution against the tasmac shop vaikos brother ravichandran filed a petition before the madurai bench of the madras high court seeking to quash the collectors order and permanent closure of the shop this petition came up for hearing before justices s nagamuthu and m v muralidaran the public prosecutor stated that the shop had been established as per the norms and that vaiko had taken the law in his hands causing loss of revenue to the state government the counsel for tasmac said that it was a government undertaking and no one could interfere in its operationssenior advocate who appeared for the petitioner said that tasmac shops could not be opened randomly just because it is a policy decision the constitution says that welfare schemes should enhance the wellbeing of the people and not destroy it passing the orders for the permanent closure of the shop the judges said that the local bodies were well aware of the problems faced by residents the judges also dismissed the collectors orders against the panchayat resolution for closure of the tasmac shop