Pulayan, Cheramar and
Pulayar are all one and the same caste and the
synonyms castes are included in Entry No.54 and
originally only Pulayan ... senior counsel argued that court cannot
give any direction that Cheramar caste is
synonymous to Pulaya caste and therefore first
respondent is not qualified
avoid all disputes as to whether a caste is scheduled caste or not for the purpose of the Constitution. In 5. Nagarajan v. District Collector ... make necessary amendments. Therefore to determine whether a particular caste is scheduled caste coming within the meaning of Art.341 , one has to look
supra). He stressed the importance of a caste in the Scheduled Caste Order and contended that it was not intended for being misused by affluent ... that in Malabar and Cochin, Thandan is synonymous with Ezhava and that there is no Thandan Caste distinct from Ezhava/Thiyya in Malabar and Cochin
principles stand out prominently from the said observations, namely (1) the caste of a group of citizens may be . a relevant circumstance in ascertaining their ... caste is socially and educationally backward, then the name of that caste will (not?) be a symbol or a synonym for a class of citizens
V. Hariharan Pillai vs State Of Kerala Represented By Its Chief ... on 31 January, 1967
Pulayan' notified as a Scheduled Caste under the Presidential Order. Both the names are only synonyms and the distinction sought to be made ... will therefore be a declaration that 'Pulaya' is a scheduled caste within the meaning of Entry 54 in the list
of Scheduled Castes
basis of other relevant criteria".
The Supreme Court further said:
"Caste is only a relevant and not a compelling circumstance in ascertaining ... substantial portion of a caste is socially and educationally backward, then the name of that caste can be symbol or synonym for a class
substance declaring that the Peruvannan is not synonym of
Vannan/Mannan/Perumannan and hence no correction of caste name
from Peruvannan to either Vannan/Mannan ... Caste and hence no
correction of caste name from Peruvannan (included in the list of
OBC and OEC) to Vannan/Mannan/ Perumannan (Scheduled
Caste) Communities
caste shown as 'SEMMAN' represents the caste by name
'Chemman' and the members of the 'Chemman' caste are entitled ... scheduled caste or parts thereof or
group of such caste. Sl.No.37 of the Presidential order treats Mannan as
Scheduled Caste
belongs to Scheduled Caste community. The Government on enquiry found that Vimal Ghosh was not a member of the Scheduled Caste community and that ... group or synonym of "Kuravan" and in that way the petitioner is a member of the Scheduled Caste. Reference was also made
