The Supreme Court on Friday, August 14, stayed an order of the Madras High Court which quashed Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay’s order providing government jobs to relatives of people who died in a stampede at Karur last year.In a setback to the TVK government, the Madras High Court on July 27 had quashed Vijay’s order providing government jobs to relatives of people who died in a stampede at Karur last year, observing that it will open floodgates of similar demands. A division bench comprising Justices CV Karthikeyan and R Sakthivel of the high court had held that it was not appropriate to overlook the needs of many who are waiting to get compassionate appointments in government departments.