PRAYAGRAJ, June 11 -- : The Allahabad High Court has stayed the order dated May 5 of the Kanpur Nagar Nigam by which the employees of the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) were requisitioned for census duty.

Hearing a special appeal filed by North Central Zone Insurance Employees Federation, a division bench comprising Justice Salil Kumar Rai and Justice Swarupama Chaturvedi observed, "A reading of section 7(c) of the Census Act, 1948 shows that even though the state government through its authorized officer may requisition the staff of any establishment, firm or factory for assistance in census operations but the same can only be for the purpose of census operations within the premises of such establishment and not outside the premises. ...