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By Express News ServiceKOCHI: Around 600 businessmen running commercial establishments at Panampilly Nagar who are facing eviction can heave a sigh of relief soon as the state government has promised to look into their issue. Minister for Local Self-Government A C Moideen made the assurance to the Panampilly Nagar residents while he was attending an adalat at the Town Hall here on Tuesday. The High Court’s intervention to allot licence to commercial firms at Panampilly Nagar had dragged the residents into piquant situation. Though the government had notified Panampilly Nagar as a mixed zone (where commercial operation is allowed), the High Court directed the Kochi Corporation to seal unlicensed business establishments there. We hope the corporation will also take a favourable stand in this regard,” said a resident who came to submit a complaint at the adalat..