The Supreme Court has postponed a hearing on the case presented by the National Alliance to nullify the establishment of the order for the creation of 28 States in South Sudan.

Officials from the court say the hearing was adjourned because the judges were on a workshop.

In October, the alliance petitioned the Supreme Court to stop implementation of the order, and declare it void. But the effort was not successful.

A lawyer for the Political Alliance, Agok Makur, says no new date has been set for the hearing.

“We were surprised this morning after we were told that the judiciary are busy on the workshop outside the court,” Mr Makur said.

“The hearing is postponed until further notice we will wait the new schedule and you will be informing later.”

On Monday, NLA Speaker Magok Rundial fired 5 parliamentary committee chairmen over what the lawmakers described as retaliation for boycotting the vote for a constitutional amendment meant to accommodate the creation of new states.

“Well, of course that is a retaliation to the boycott that we made – we boycotted the sitting on the 19th of November 2015, regarding amendment of the constitution,” Thomas Wani Kunda, Former Chairperson of the Committee of Information, Communication and Postal Services, told Eye Radio.