India, March 23 -- The Supreme Court on Monday turned down a West Bengal government plea to postpone the construction work of the Orange Line Metro route in Kolkata and rapped the state for its "obstinate" attitude in stalling the development work and unnecessarily "politicising" the issue.

"This petition is frivolous and displays an obstinate attitude of the authorities who are completely bent upon stalling the Metro work in Kolkata," said a bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi.

The West Bengal government approached the Supreme Court against the Calcutta high court's December 23 order directing the state to ensure the Metro work at Chingrighata crossing is completed by February 15...