new delhi the supreme court on monday stayed the contempt proceedings initiated against union minister ramesh pokhriyal for alleged noncompliance of the uttarakhand high courts last year order on payment of rent by former chief ministers of the state for occupying government accommodationa bench headed by justice r f nariman stayed the contempt proceedings on a plea filed by the union minister of educationthe uttarakhand high court had on may 3 last year ordered the former chief ministers of the state to pay market rent for the entire period they continued to occupy government accommodation since demitting officethe high court had declared all government orders from 2001 providing housing and other facilities to former chief ministers in the state as illegal and unconstitutionalthe court had directed that all amount due and payable towards amenities such as electricity water petrol oil and lubricants provided by the state to the former chief ministers shall be computed by the state government within four months from the date of receipt of the copy of the orderit had also said that the amount shall be intimated to the former chief ministers who shall within six months from the date of such intimation pay the said amount to the state governmentthe high court had passed the order on a plea by a dehradunbased ngoafter the last years order the ngo had filed a plea in the high court alleging noncompliance of the order