Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) on Tuesday locked and sealed the fourth and fifth floors of a multi-storeyed hospital building in Thirumalai Nagar Avenue in Korattur. The action by CMDA comes in the wake of  Madras High Court rejecting the petition of the promoters of the hospital challenging CMDA order to restore the land to its original position.

The court has observed that the hospital promoters without obtaining planning permission constructed a hospital building.

CMDA said that the owner of the building constructed unauthorized ground floor plus five floors of the multi-storeyed hospital building.

“The fourth and fifth floors of the hospital building had been locked and sealed,” a CMDA release stated.

CMDA stated that despite locking and sealing notice issued on November 12, 2013, the owner did not rectify the building and instead continued to proceed with the construction.