A circular had been sent to officials of Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments to inspect and gather samples of ghee sold in temples and send them for quality testing, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court was informed on Tuesday.
The HR and CE Commissioner made this submission through the Special Government Pleader in response to a public interest litigation petition filed to prohibit sale of plastics, animal fat and vanaspati in ‘nei (ghee) deepam’ and camphor in temples across the State.
A division bench of Justices M. Venugopal and Abdul Quddhose directed the Commissioner to file the submission in the form of a counter affidavit.
