The Nitish Kumar government had brought the legislation, raising quotas for Dalits, backward classes and tribals in...
The Patna High Court's Division Bench had dismissed the contention that the survey amounted to a census.
The court also declared it "perfectly valid" and "initiated with due competence."
The plea said that the survey is actually a census and only the Union government has the power to carry it out.
Top court on Thursday put aside multiple orders issued by the HC on February 11 and April 27