Guwahati, Dec 29: After a reserved judgement from a single Judge Bench of Justice Golmei Gaiphulshillu, both the Manipur Government and Union government stalled for time before the Manipur High Court.

There was no written submission from either on a petition to review the controversial March 27 order on the inclusion of Meiteis in the Scheduled Tribes list.

The initial order, authored by the erstwhile Acting Chief Justice M.V. Muralidharan, directed the state government to send a proposal on the inclusion of Meiteis in the ST list to the Union government, which led to widespread protests from existing ST communities in the state.

This order, which the Supreme Court called incorrect, allegedly triggered the ethnic conflict that began on May 3 between the dominant valley-based Meitei people and the hill-based Kuki-Zo people, who are classified as ST. Over 175 people have been killed so far in the violence.

The court heard arguments in the matter and has repeatedly sought a response from the Manipur government and the Union government on the review petition, but to no avail.

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