Chandigarh, Feb. 22 -- The Haryana government on Friday withdrew a December 2022 order declaring parts of Panchkula in the vicinity of Mata Mansa Devi Shrine as a holy area to prohibit the slaughtering, sale and purchase of meat products in the demarcated zone.

A notification ordering the withdrawal of the December 21, 2022, holy area order was issued by the Urban Local Bodies department on Friday.

Urban local bodies minister, Vipul Goel said the holy area declaration was withdrawn by the state government as the Punjab and Haryana High Court had stayed the operation of the December 21, 2022 order.

Officials said that the municipal commissioner can still regulate the slaughtering, sale and purchase of meat products in the area being ves...