The Supreme Court has asked the Centre to ensure that domestic LPG cylinders are checked for their actual weight at the customer's doorstep to avoid any malpractice resorted to by a dealer. The apex court directive followed an undertaking from the Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry that instructions will be issued to all oil companies to ensure that, the distributor's delivery man carries weighing equipment and the cylinder is delivered to the customer after recording the actual weight of the gas. A bench of justices GS Singhvi and SJ Mukhopadhya directed the authorities to carry out ads on Doordarshan and other electronic media to create awareness about consumer's right to measure the weight. The court also said that cylinders should be made in standard specifications so as to ensure that consumers are not mislead by different measurements.