Aggrieved by the orders passed by a consumer court in Salem in Tamil Nadu directing it to either facilitate Vastralankara seva or pay a compensation of Rs. 45 lakh to a devotee, the TTD has decided to go for an appeal in the higher court.
A devotee Hari Bhaskar, resident of Alagapuram in Salem, booked a Vastralankara seva ticket online (which has a great demand among the pilgrim fraternity) by tendering Rs. 12,250 on June 27, 2006 and was granted a ticket to attend the seva on July 10, 2020.
However, the TTD had cancelled all arjitha sevas at the temple of Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala from March 20, 2020 till March 2022, due to the outbreak of COVID-19.