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2. The brief facts which are required to be stated are that the petitioner claims herself to belong to Adi Dravida community since her father belonged to the said community, namely, Hindu Parayan community, by birth, though subsequently he got converted to Christianity by religion. The petitioner claims that after her birth, she was named as S.Helen Casimir and that she got herself converted back to Hindu community through Arya Samaj with effect from 11.7.99 and also got her name changed as "S.Thenmozhi". According to her, after her conversion to Hindu community, she also got the community certificate from the Tahsildar, Thanjavur in proceedings D.Dis.24/31/99 dated 31.12.99, which bears the serial no.56 of the said office with the Community Certificate No.9805055. The petitioner would therefore claim that by virtue of her present community status, namely, Hindu Parayan, which is a Scheduled Caste, she applied for the post of Secondary Grade Assistant in the third respondent-school and she was also issued with the order of appointment dated 26.3.2002. She was stated to have been subsequently sent for Child Psychology Training by the Chief Educational Officer, Thanjavur and after completion of her training, she was also issued with the Certificate dated 9.9.2002. Thereafter, her pay scale was stated to have been fixed by the proceedings in Rc.No.123 dated 10.9.2002 in the pay scale of Rs.4500-125-7000 plus other allowances admissible to a Secondary Grade Assistant. She is stated to have been continuing in the post of Secondary Grade Assistant eversince 26.3.2002 in the third respondent-school and that since her appointment came to be made through employment exchange and she satisfied all the requirements, she was under the impression that her appointment would be duly approved by the respondents 1 & 2. According to her, when the third respondent by their letter dated 17.9.2002 approached the second respondent for approval of her appointment, the same was rejected by the second respondent in his proceedings dated 6.11.2002 and that the appeal preferred by the third respondent-school before the first respondent was also rejected by the impugned order dated 20.9.2004. Aggrieved against the same, the petitioner has come forward with the present writ petition.

5. Keeping the above stated legal position in mind, when the case on hand is examined, I find that the petitioner, who was born to Hindu parents by virtue of their earlier conversion from Scheduled Caste to Christianity, claims to have reconverted to Hinduism through Arya Samaj, Thanjavur as disclosed in the certificate of conversion to Hinduism issued by the said institution on 11.7.99. Among other persons, the name of the petitioner, which was originally mentioned as Helen Casimir, D/o Santhanam, was stated to have been renamed as "S.Thenmozhi" after conversion. Thereafter, the petitioner is also stated to have issued a publication in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette dated 8.9.99 published in Part-VI Section-4 stating that she got reconverted to Hinduism with the changed name of S.Thenmozhi on 11.7.99. Subsequently, by proceedings dated 31.12.99, the Tahsildar, Thanjavur has stated that after conversion, the petitioner was accepted by the Hindu Adi Dravida community people as belonging to their sect. A community certificate has also been issued by the Tahsildar, Thanjavur certifying that the petitioner belongs to Hindu Parayan community, a Scheduled Caste on 31.12.99. It is one thing to say whether the Tahsildar was competent to issue the community certificate in respect of a Scheduled Caste after 11.11.89. De hors the said certificate, the authorities have to examine the claim of the petitioner.