After High Court rejected a constitutional petition filed to downgrade Gdh. Thinadhoo's 'city' status because it fails to meet the population requirement of 10,000 people, the applicant has now decided to take the case up with the Civil Court.
Thinadhoo was given a status of a city during the presidential campaign of former President Ibrahim Mohammed Solih. According to the statistics of the time, the population of Thinadhoo was about 8,000. Of these, about 5,000 are believed to live in the island.