<h1>Door-to-door caste survey with geo-tagging, UHIDs and Aadhaar links faces legal petitions alleging haste and political motive</h1> State authorities began a door-to-door social and educational survey to update caste data, encountering technical glitches and localized delays; the exercise uses geo-tagging, UHIDs, linkage of ration/Aadhaar details to mobile numbers, a masked internal caste list for certain dual-identity entries, and a 60-question form. The government cites a statutory mandate to revise the backward classes list; critics allege procedural haste, political motives and potential legal infirmities. Multiple public interest and other petitions challenging the survey's legality are before the state high court, which will hear arguments on whether to grant an interim stay.