The State government, which expressed its inability in the Supreme Court to conduct a socio-economic caste census (SECC) on the ground that the Union had not shared the data of the 2011 exercise, has turned a blind eye to the Union government suggestion that State governments can conduct any census for their own requirements.
The government took the position in a counter affidavit filed before the apex court on Monday on a contempt of court petition filed by the Minority Indians Planning and Vigilance Commission Trust.
In its counter-affidavit, the State government chose to remain silent on the fact that the Supreme Court had earlier banned the release of the 2011 conducted by the Union government data to any agency.
