The dispute concerns supply of natural gas from the field, off the Andhra Pradesh coast, as also the price at which Reliance Natural Gas will get the fuel for power projects within the group.

In reply to the lawsuit filed by Reliance Industries challenging the Bombay High Court order, Reliance Natural Resources has said the government has no role to play in the private gas sharing dispute, and certainly not as a party to the row.

The government, however, has said that the country's interest must be taken into consideration first and that cannot be held to ransom by a dispute between two industrialists or a previous, private pact between them.