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15. However, his social status by birth to Hindu parents belonging to Scheduled casts could not be wiped out and therefore, he is fully qualified to contest from the reserved constituency.

16. The first respondent also states that taking advantage of certain incorrect entries found in the certificates issued by the School authority where he and his brother had studied, the petitioner had projected a false, frivolous and vexatious theory as if his religion is Christian. There are no facts or data to support such an allegation and there is no cause of action to file the election petition. The entries made relating to his religion as Christian in the School register is an apparent human error which has crept in while recording the entry in the 'religion column' based on the respondent's name, whereas in the caste column, it has been mentioned as Adidravidar Kudumban. In fact, the caste name of the respondent has been mis-described as Adi-dravidar and Kudumban, when his actual caste name is Hindu Samban Scheduled caste community.