New Delhi, June 9 -- The Supreme Court on Monday put an interim stay on a Madras High Court order restraining the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) from collecting toll on the Madurai-Tuticorin national highway.

A vacation bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and Manmohan issued notice to V Balakrishnan, a retired Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation assistant executive engineer from Tuticorin district, on whose plea the Madras High Court passed the order.

The order of the apex court came after the NHAI sought a stay on the High Court order.

The High Court had prohibited the collection of toll on the Madurai-Tuticorin Highway till the road was relaid and maintained in good condition.

On June 3, the High Cour...