The Supreme Court today refused to give any further hearing on the pleas of companies which were illegally allocated coal blocks by the government.

A bench headed by Chief Justice R M Lodha turned down the pleas of power generating companies that they should be re-heard, in case the apex court decides to cancel the allotments.

The bench has already reserved its order on the fate of 218 coal blocks allocations which were declared by it as illegal and arbitrary. The apex court had on September 9 reserved its order after the Centre advocated their cancellation while the allottees blamed the government for irregularities and demanded setting up of a committee to go into each of the allocations.