<span style="color: #222222;">The Centre has filed a review petition in Supreme Court against some of its observations in connection with Sikkimese Nepalis. Office of the Home Minister in a series of tweets said that the review petition was filed in the Court against some of the observations and directions in a recent judgement on 13th of this month in two petitions of 2013 and 2021 filed by Association of Old Settlers of Sikkim and others in Supreme Court.  <br />''<br />''It said, the government has reiterated its position about the sanctity of Article 371F of the Constitution that safeguards the Sikkimese identity, which should not be diluted. It also added that further the observation in the Apex Court order about persons of foreign origin settled in Sikkim like Nepalis should be reviewed as the said persons are Sikkimese of Nepali origin.</span><br />