A Supreme Court bench of justices - D K Jain and H L Dattu - on January 24 stayed the HC order dated July 20, 2010, after the Mizoram government filed an appeal, official sources said today.
The high court issued the order, acting on a PIL submitted by Mizoram-based civic organisation SOSA (Society for Social Action) in 2007.
SOSA president and retired IAS officer S L Sailova today said his organisation was not aware of the appeal filed by the Mizoram government until he received the Supreme Court's stay order a few days back.
Senior advocate K K Venugopal and five advocates, Rupesh Gupta, Siddharta Lodha, Ankur Talwar, P V Yogeswaran and Pragyan Pradip Sharma represented in the apex court.
Sailo said the organisation filed the PIL in 2007 demanding a probe into the PMGSY projects from 2001 to 2005 as there appeared a 'mismanagement' of funds during this period.
The High Court had instructed that an interim report be submitted to the state chief secretary who will further take necessary actions.
The SOSA had stated in the PIL that 'works under the PMGSY in Mizoram were sub-standard and did not meet the norms.' In some cases, old roads were reported as newly-constructed under the PMGSY.
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