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Members of these communities had approached the Supreme Court, seeking directions that their communities be enumerated distinctly in the 2027 Census with a specific question for this in the forms. The petitioners had pointed out that since the formation of the Republic, their communities have never been counted in any of the Censuses, arguing that the absence of this data has led to community members being unable to avail government benefits and other affirmative action in their “collective inte