New Delhi:The Supreme Court on Friday described as tentative a High Court observation that the Central Government's May 21 order giving Delhi's lieutenant governor the final say in posting and transfers of bureaucrats was 'suspect', even as it issued notice to the city government on the issue.

An apex court vacation bench of Justices A.K. Sikri and U.U. Lalit issued the notice on a central government petition seeking stay of observations made by the high court in three paragraphs of its May 25 judgement wherein it had said that notification was 'suspect' and the Lt Governor should respect the democratic mandate and act on the aid and advise of the council of ministers.