The Madras High Court on Monday said it is high time the State government conducts a survey to collect contemporaneous data with respect to the transgender population so that adequate horizontal reservation can be provided to them in education and public employment.
First Division Bench of Chief Justice Sanjay V. Gangapurwala and Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy said the State might also seek the assistance of non governmental organisations working at the grass root level for the benefit of the transgenders in conducting such a comprehensive survey.
“The said process needs to be expedited. The State may take immediate steps in that regard... Learned Advocate General P.S. Raman submits that the said exercise would be undertaken immediately,” the judge wrote in their interim order passed on a public interest litigation petition.
