A bench of justices R F Nariman and Vineet Saran asked the Centre to file its affidavit on a plea seeking a stay on the order the National Green Tribunal (NGT), which had cleared the projects and set up a committee to oversee it.
The Supreme Court on Friday gave its nod to ongoing projects under the government's ambitious Chardham development plan, which proposes to provide all-weather connectivity to the four holy towns of Uttarakhand.
The top court, however, said the stay on stalled projects under the plan would continue till further orders.
A bench of justices R F Nariman and Vineet Saran asked the Centre to file its affidavit on a plea seeking a stay on the order the National Green Tribunal (NGT), which had cleared the projects and set up a committee to oversee it.