The Centre today told the Supreme Court that it is maintaining its stand of 2004 taken on the sensitive Satluj-Yamuna Link, SYL canal case and wants that both Punjab and Haryana should settle their disputes on the matter by themselves. <br/><br/>A five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Justice A R Dave was hearing the Presidential reference on Satluj-Yamuna Link dispute. The bench reserved its verdict on the issue and asked the parties to file the written submissions, if any, in seven days.<br/><br/>The Solicitor General further said that if Punjab has terminated the agreements, then it clearly means it does not want to provide water to other states. To this, the bench said that the argument of Punjab is that unless the case is determined, they would continue with the existing arrangements. <br/><br/>The Centre had in past few hearings had also said that it was not taking sides and was maintaining a neutral stand. During the ongoing hearing when Punjab Assembly had passed a law to return the land acquired on its side for the construction of Satluj-Yamuna Link canal, Haryana government had approached the apex court which had directed status quo.