The Supreme Court on Friday sought a response from the Centre and the Unique Identification Authority of India or UIDAI. on the writ petition challenging the new Aadhaar Ordinance and regulations passed by the Lok Sabha. The petition was filed by activists S G Vombatkere and Bezwada Wilson in which they challenged the ordinance and Regulations passed by the Lok Sabha on the ground that it will will create a "surveillance state" and the database may be exploited by private players for commercial gain. Activists stated in their petition that the UIDAI intended to use the ordinance to commercialise and gain financially through the large scale collection of the personal data of citizens and use of Aadhaar database by private entities. In the petition, the activists further stated that the Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Ordinance of 2019 and Aadhaar (Pricing of Aadhaar Authentication Services) Regulations, 2019 would create a back door to permit private parties to access the Aadhaar eco-system. Pointing out the SC's September 2018 order in which the Constitution Bench had specifically struck down provisions, including Section 57 of the Aadhaar Act 2016 which led to commercial exploitation of the database. The petitioners further stated that the court had found that the architecture and design of the Aadhaar project did not enable mass surveillance of persons under the Aadhaar Act. Pointing out the disadvantage of the Ordinance , activists said that the Ordinance allowed the Aadhaar database to be linked to existing databases under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act and the Indian Telegraph Act. This would pose a grave threat to national security.‘Trojan horse’