The Supreme Court on Friday indicated that it would appoint an expert to inspect the Polavaram dam to ascertain whether it was being constructed in terms of the Godavari Tribunal Award. A Bench of Justices Mukundakam Sharma and Anil R. Dave asked Additional Solicitor-General Harin P. Raval to take instructions on this proposal and inform the court on April 4. The Bench was hearing an application filed by the Orissa Government in its suit seeking stay of operation of the approval granted by the Ministry of Environment and Forests to Polavaram project and for a direction to maintain status quo in its execution. During the last hearing on March 3, the Bench had directed the parties to obtain instructions whether any expert or competent organisation could be associated with Central Water Commission to make an inspection of the dam in order to ascertain whether the construction of the dam is being carried out in terms of the award passed by the Godavari Tribunal.