The Supreme Court on Monday sought the Centre's response on whether any cap can be put on mining in Odisha keeping in mind the limited iron ore reserves in the state. A bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, meanwhile, directed the Odisha government to make efforts, including attaching the properties of the defaulting firms, to recover a compensation of Rs 2,622 crore, excluding interests, due from the defaulters which were held guilty of violating the mining norms.