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".......A historical study of the claim would show that in the past Tripura/Tripuri/Tippera which have been included in the Presidential Notification never included the Laskar community. Tripuras were a Tibeto-Burman race akin to the Shah tribe and Tipperas were divided into four groups, namely (i) Puran or Original Tipperas (ii) Jamatias (iii) Noatias or Nutan Tripuras, and (iv) Riangs. Respondents relied upon Government records and official publications in support of-the aforesaid stand."

19. Therefore, the pre-1990 documents wherever Tripuri community is recorded that may not be treated as the Tripura/Tripuri/Tippera as included in the Presidential[Scheduled Tribe] Order, 1950 as issued under Article 342 of the Constitution of India. Independently, the persons who would like to rely on those documents have to establish that they belong to the tribe as distinguished from the Deshi Tripuri in terms of the said judgment of the Apex Court. Therefore, those documents particularly in these cases when the issue is whether the status is of Tripura, Tripuri or Tippera or Deshi Tripuri or Laskar those documents cannot have much relevance as a proof for determining the status. Moreover, the appreciation of the documents under Article 226 of the Constitution of India against such administrative authority which were constituted for declaring someone's status is restrictive in nature.