Ahmedabad, July 24 - The Gujarat High COurt Friday dismissed a petition seeking a stay on a probe by a Supreme Court-appointed panel against Chief Minister Narendra Modi and his cabinet colleagues for their alleged role in the 2002 communal violence in the state.

The court dismissed the petition by former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Kalu Maliwad and said the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe against Modi, his cabinet colleagues and senior officials would continue.

The petitioner had argued that the Supreme Court had not provided absolute powers to the SIT for taking up the complaint of Zakia Jafri, widow of former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, who was killed by rioters in Gulbarg Society here.

Jafri in her complaint before the apex court had alleged that Modi was in touch with his cabinet colleagues and police and administration officials when violence was raging on in Ahmedabad and other parts of the state.

The high court earlier denied a stay on the probe and had reserved its ruling on Maliwad's petition.