A government judge has requested the U.S. Census Bureau, for now, to quit following an arrangement that would have made them wind down activities so as to complete the 2020 census toward the finish of September.

The government judge in San Jose late Saturday issued a temporary restraining order against the Census Bureau and the Commerce Department, which regulates the organization. The order prevents the Census Bureau from slowing down tasks until a court hearing is held on Sept. 17.

The once 10 years headcount of each U.S. inhabitant decides how $1.5 trillion in government subsidizing is dispersed and what number of legislative seats each state gets in a cycle known as division.

The transitory limiting request was mentioned by an alliance of urban areas, districts and social liberties bunches that had sued the Census Bureau, requesting it reestablish its past arrangement for completing the census toward the finish of October, rather than using a revised plan to end tasks toward the finish of September. The alliance had contended the previous deadline would make the Census Bureau ignore minority communities in the census, prompting an inaccurate count.

In her order, U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh composed that past court cases had inferred that it’s in the public interest that Congress be genuinely allocated and that the government funds be dispersed utilizing a precise census.

“Thus, the balance of the hardships and public interest tip sharply in Plaintiffs’ favor,” Koh said.

In a message emailed to regional offices and headquarters, the Census Bureau said the statistical office and the Commerce Department “are obligated to comply with the Court’s Order and are taking immediate steps to do so.” Further guidance would be provided later, the bureau said.