A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court regarding caste- based counting in Bihar in which, the inclusion of transgenders in the caste calculations has been challenged. Along with this, there has been a demand to declare the survey as zero.
A petition has been filed in the top court, challenging the decision of the Bihar government to include transgenders in the list of 214 castes designated in the caste census conducted by the Bihar government.
It has been said in the petition that the transgender has been nominated not on the basis of gender, but on the basis of transgender caste, which is a violation of their fundamental rights.
The petitioner has stated that the government classified Hijra, Kinnar, Kothi, Transgender (third gender) as a separate caste code at serial number 22 under the caste code list in caste-based enumeration. They were not classified under the category of gender.
Such classification of transgenders is wrong and against the constitutional mandate as well as the orders of the Supreme Court.
The petition said, the notification issued on June 6, 2022 is against the constitutional mandate. Besides, this is also a violation of the fundamental rights of transgenders. That’s why conducting caste based survey in the state is zero.
