The Supreme Court extended till March its order staying the sealing of unauthorised commercial units operating in residential localities in the national capital. A bench of justices GS Singhvi and Swatanter Kumar passed the direction on a bunch of pleas by commercial establishments challenging the Supreme Court-appointed monitoring committee's decision to seal the premises from December 5, 2011 onwards which had been earlier stayed by the bench.The apex court said the authorities concerned belonging to DDA, MCD and NDMC shall ensure that no further encroachments are permitted on government or public land in the areas which are the subject matter of the sealing drive initiated by the monitoring committee.