New Delhi, Mar 30 (Agencies) : There will be no floor test in the Uttarakhand Assembly on Thursday, as was ordered by the Nainital High Court on Tuesday. Both the parties - Chief Minister Harish Rawat and the Centre - have agreed to the Centre's proposal of not holding the trust vote.

In the deal agreed upon by the two sides, the Centre will file its affidavit on why it imposed the President's Rule in the hill state by Monday, while Rawat's lawyer will file a rejoinder the next day. The court will next hold the final hearing in the matter on April 7.

In the day-long hearing today, the court had reprimanded the Centre for its "hurry" in imposing the President's Rule. The High Court asked why it was done when the Governor had set a date for the floor test in the Assembly.

"When the Governor had set the date of the floor test on March 28, what was the hurry to impose the President's Rule? What were the circumstances?" the court asked Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi.

"Our only duty is to ensure that Article 356 should not be used for political reasons," the court said a day after it ordered a floor test in Uttarakhand Assembly, scheduled for Thursday.

When Rohatgi argued that the Centre should be given a chance to explain why it had imposed its rule in the Congress-led state, the court said a floor test is "the best and the only test" of a government.

The Attorney General further said that since there were allegations of horse-trading, the Centre decided to freeze the situation by suspending the Assembly, which he said was temporary.

The crisis in the hill state erupted on March 18 when nine Congress MLAs rebelled against Rawat's government, resulting in flip-flop in the passage of the Appropriation Bill. The BJP met the Governor the same day and staked claim to form the government.

However, the Centre imposed President's Rule last Sunday, a day before Rawat was supposed to take the floor test in the Assembly.