Appearing before the first Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice R. Mahadevan and Mohammed Shaffiq, Advocate General P.S. Raman said, masoor dal was used mostly in north Indian culinary whereas Toor dal remained the most preferred lentil in Tamil Nadu. Therefore, the government had not included red lentil in the e-tender notification issued on April 14 this year.

“Appearing before the first Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice R. Mahadevan and Mohammed Shaffiq, Advocate General P.S. Raman said, masoor dal was used mostly in north Indian culinary whereas Toor dal remained the most preferred lentil in Tamil Nadu. Therefore, the government had not included red lentil in the e-tender notification issued on April 14 this year.

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