castes in the list of Scheduled Castes the State
can not invoke Entry 41 of List II and Entry 25 of List III to divide ... castes in
the Presidential List and the Parliament to include or exclude from the
specified list any caste or tribe and beyond that no further
whatsoever since there is no inclusion or
exclusion of any caste in the list as notified under the meaning of
Article 341. The Punjab ... Article 341 , it is only addition, or deletion of
any caste in the list would be impermissible as held by the
Constitution Bench in State
erstwhile Travancore
and Cochin State alone was included in the Scheduled Caste list by the
Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order 1950. Scheduled Caste list of Kerala ... including Thandans throughout Kerala
State in the Scheduled Caste list. After inclusion of the Thandan
Community throughout the State in the Scheduled Caste list
castes in
the list of Scheduled Castes the State can not invoke Entry 41
of List II and Entry 25 of List III to divide ... castes in the
Presidential List and the Parliament to include or exclude from
the specified list any caste or tribe and beyond that no further
avail benefits of Scheduled Caste
(SC) category by merging it with Pan/Swasi caste which figures in
the list of Scheduled Castes.
5. Following ... benefits of the Scheduled
Caste Category since the merger of the Tanti caste with the Scheduled
Caste list is bad in law in light
comprehensive lists of Other Backward Classes for all the States and Union Territories. The main sources examined for the preparation of these lists ... even among Christian, Muslim and Sikh religions, which do not recognise caste, the caste system is prevailing though without religious sanction. After giving a good
status as member of
scheduled caste, even if his caste is not included
as a scheduled caste, for that Union Territory;
(iii) The resident ... caste residents of other states as
members of scheduled caste of the Union
Territory, even though their castes are not
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included in the list
only
thing stated in the petitions is that as the list is based
on caste alone it is violative of Art. 15(1). In view ... pleadings, we must
come to the conclusion that though the list is prepared
caste-wise, the castes included therein are as a whole
educationally
mutuality. The lower the caste, the poorer its members. The
poorer the members of a caste, the lower the caste. Caste
and economic situation, reflecting ... caste So sadly and oppressively
deep-rooted is caste in our country that it has cut across
even the barriers of religion. The caste system
Commission. Even on the assumption that the list is based
exclusively on caste, it was clear from the materials before
the Commission and the reasons ... report
that the entire caste is socially and educationally backward
and therefore the inclusion of subcaste in the list of
Backward Classes is warranted
