The Supreme Court today took strong exception to government decision of not putting on auction the entire 2G spectrum cancelled by it saying the Centre is playing with its order.

The apex court pulled up the Centre for restricting the sale of spectrum and sought an explanation for not putting on auction the entire radiowaves cancelled by it on February 2.

The bench of justices G S Singhvi and K S Radhakrishanan said while asking the government to explain on next date of hearing on November 19 when the court will reopen after Diwali.

The bench wanted to know why the Centre has not informed it during the last ten months after its order was passed on February 2 since the case has been taken up for hearing many times.

The bench, however, made it clear the auction process which is scheduled for November 12 will go on.

The centre, however, tried to justify its decision saying that it was done on the recommendation of TRAI.

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court stayed the proceedings on all petitions pending before Delhi High Court relating to the 2G spectrum allocation scam.