The Supreme Court on Friday sought the responses of the Centre and all States and Union Territories on a plea seeking reservation for transgenders in education and employment.

A bench of CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala, and Justice Manoj Misra issued notice on the plea claiming that transgender persons are entitled to reservation under Article 16 (Equality of opportunity in matters of public employment) of the Constitution.

The plea filed by Subi KC, a transgender person from Kerala, drew the apex court’s attention to a report by the National Aids Control Organisation (NACO), in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

This report indicated that insufficient training and employment skill programs for transgender individuals have resulted in a significant lack of employment opportunities for this group.

The plea was drawn by advocate Thulasi K. Raj, settled by advocate Kaleeswaram Raj, and filed through advocate Mohammed Sadique TA.