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5. After examining the entire record and discussing several aspects of the matter in detail the 1st respondent came to the conclusion that the petitioner does not belong to SC (Madiga) community and that he belongs to Christian community. The alleged membership of the petitioner of the two institutions was disbelieved on account of noticed discrepancy between the duration of his membership vis-a-vis the registration and coming into being of the associations of which membership was claimed. The asserted reconversion into Hindu fold, in the year 1976 under the aegis of Aryasamaj, was disbelieved by the I st respondent in the absence of any proof vouchsafed by the petitioner. The petitioner's assertion that his wife and her parents belong to and continued to be of Madiga caste was not given credence to in the absence of the petitioner producing any certificate as asserted, to establish the said fact.