Ministers and officials paid floral tributes Justice Party leader Sir A.T. Paneerselvam at his memorial near the Central Bus Stand in Tiruchi on Monday, on the occasion of his birth anniversary.

Minister for School Education, Tamil Development, and Information and Publicity Rajmohan, Minister for HR&CE S. Ramesh, Deputy Speaker M. Ravisankar and Collector Pratik Tayal garlanded the statue of the leader.

Sir A.T.Paneerselvam, a barrister was a leading light of the erstwhile Justice Party and a former chairman of Thanjavur Municipality. The British Government had appointed Sir A. T. Panneerselvam as Secretary to the Minister for Indian Affairs.