A non-parametric reconstruction of the deceleration parameter $q$ is carried out. The observational datasets are so chosen that they are model independent as much as possible. The present acceleration and the epoch at which the cosmic acceleration sets in is quite as expected, but beyond a certain redshift ($z sim 2$), a negative value of $q$ appears to be in the allowed region. A survey of existing literature is given and compared with the results obtained in the present work.
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