Nearly 5000 people visited the plant in two days / Rakesh Nair Milma ghee Visitors curiously takes a look at the Ghee being packed inside the Milma plant in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday. The plant was open for the public on Sunday and monday as part of the National Milk Day observed as part of commemorating the 97th birth anniversary of Dr Verghese Kurien.
The court was considering appeals filed by the union’s president K Krishnan Potty and other office-bearers challenging the govt order dated July 27, which dissolved the committee over allegations of corruption and financial irregularities. Rejecting this contention, the division bench noted that the appellants had fully cooperated with the inquiry and provided access to relevant records regarding the allegations. It held that there was no justification for invoking the exceptional provision and set aside the impugned govt order. The court further directed the competent authority to follow the prescribed procedure and pass fresh orders after hearing the appellants.
Kochi: Kerala High Court on Wednesday set aside the state govt order dissolving the managing committee of Milma’s Thiruvananthapuram Regional Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union (TRCMPU), holding that exceptional circumstances justifying the action without prior notice did not exist.