The City Corporation and Vanchiyoor police on Thursday stopped an illegal construction over the compound wall of the General Post Office (GPO) building at Pulimoodu Junction.

 “When some employees who found a massive construction during the pooja holidays, they organised a protest,” said the Senior Superintendent of Post Offices North Division, A Rema Devi.

 The Assistant Executive Engineer of City Corporation, Ansar J, admitted that the construction deviated from the plan that the shop owner had submitted to the Corporation. “We had sanctioned the permit for the building with a setback of 1.5 metres from the boundary wall, which has been violated here,” said Ansar.

 Vanchiyoor sub-inspector Suresh Babu also said that the construction was illegal. Corporation officials have decided to conduct a hearing on the issue on October 23.

 The shop owner was unavailable for comment.