Of the 600 petitions pending in various police stations in the district, mostly civil disputes, 346 petitions were disposed of in a special petition mela held in all sub-divisions on Sunday. The remaining petitions would be cleared soon, said police officials.
In Dindigul sub-division, 60 of 80 petitions were disposed of in the mela presided over by Deputy Superintendent of Police P. Ramachandran. The district police conducted the mela to clear long-pending petitions in Dindigul, Oddanchatram, Palani, Kodaikanal, Nilakotai, Vedasandur and Natham sub-divisions.