1In the High Court of Judicature at MadrasReserved
on:04.08.2015Dated :13.08.2015CoramThe Honourable Mr.JUSTICE
M.M.SUNDRESHWrit Petition Nos.1!"# 1!$%! and &'%( of &'1()
M.P.Nos.1# 1# & ) * of &'1(W. P.Nos.1!") &'%(
of&'1(The Pondiherr! "heduled Caste Peo#le$s%el&are
'ssoiation (Re).*o.45+,02-.Re#. b! its /eneral "eretar!.*o.5. 00
"treet. Thirubuvanai Chinna#et.Puduherr!1+05 102. .... Petitionerin
%.P.*o.12382 o& 20154inor 5.R."hanmu6esh7ar.(')ed 12
!ears-Re#resented b! his &ather and*atural /uardian
5.Ra8ase6aran.2. 9n)ineer /arden. :00 Cross.44/ *a)ar. 5oil#athu.
5arai6al. .... Petitionerin %.P.*o.20+25 o& 2015:s.1. ;nion
o& 0ndia.Re#. tribe has been specified in that )rder in
relation to his /tate>0-, 3t he cannot be treated as sch in
relation to the place of his te&porary residence
notwithstandin( the fact that the na&e of his caste>tribe
has been schedled in respect of that area in any .residential
)rder,; *.*. 'subseDuent letter 7asalsoissuedb!the/overnment o&
0ndia dated 22.02.1385. in 7hih. the &ollo7in) #assa)e 7ould be
a##osite.2,It is also clarified that a schedled caste>tribe
person who has &i(ratedfro&the/tate of ori(in to co&e
other /tate for the prpose of see'in( edcation% e&ploy&ent
etc,% will be dee&ed to a /chedled caste>tribe of the /tate
of his ori(in and shall be entitled to deri1e benefits fro& the
/tate of ori(in and not fro& the /tate to which he has
&i(rated,;13*.(. Thus. the /overnment o& 0ndia had in
s#ei&i terms lari&ied that &or the #ur#oseo& 'rtile
15(4-o& the Constitution o& 0ndia. a bene&it o&
reservation 7ould be available to a #erson onl! to the "tatein 7hih
he is#ermanentl!residin)andnot inthemi)rant "tate,;nionTerritor!.
0n other 7ords.a mere status o& a resident )iven &or livin)
&or a #eriod o& &ive !ears #er seannot be a )round to
avail the bene&it under 'rtile 15(4- o& the Constitution
o& 0ndia.*.%. The#ros#etus o& theres#ondents
alsoreiteratethesaid #osition. 7hih states as &ollo7s:*.'
DET/I0S +. RESER1/TI+N /ND SPECI/0 /00+C/TI+N24.1.
;TPuduherr!CandidatesinColle)esrunb!the"oietieso& /overnment
o&
Puduherr!Reservationsinadmissiontovariousde)reeourseso&&eredb!olle)esrunb!the
soietieso& /overnment o& Puduherr!&or
Puduherr!;Tandidatesbelon)in)to di&&erent ate)ories are
)iven belo7. Eurther. "C,#ression"heduledCastsand "heduled Tribes
are not used in the ordinar! terms.but in the li)ht o& the
de&inition under 'rtiles 32+ (24- and 32+(25- o& the
Constitution o& 0ndia. Thus. a aste is a "hedule Caste or a
Tribe7ould beome as suh onl! i& it is inluded in the
Presidential =rder issued under 'rtiles 341 and 342o& the
Constitution o& 0ndia.0t is the #arliament alone. 7hih is
om#etent to inlude,e>lude the astes &rom the list o&
"heduled Castes. ' Presidential =rder oneissued has to be varied
onl! b! a la7 made b! the Parliament.Considerin) this issue. the
'#e> Court inST/TE +. tribe !3" is also a part of caste >
tribe!#"andasschcaste> tribe!3"sholdbedee&edtobea schedled
$aste > /chedled -ribe as the case &ay be, It is only the
.arlia&ent that is co&petent toa&endthe )rders
issednder #rticles 341 and 342, #s can be seen fro&the 4ntries
in the /chedlespertainin(toeach/tatewhene1eronecaste> tribehas
another na&e it is so &entionedinthe brac'ets after it
inthe /chedles, In this 1iew it ser1es no prpose to loo' at
(aFetteers or (lossaries for establishin( that a particlar
caste>tribe is a /chedle $aste>/chedled -ribe for the prpose
of $onstittion% e1en tho(h 24itisnotspecifically&entioned as
sch in the .residential )rders, )rders once issed nder clase !1" of
the said #rticles% cannot be 1ariedbysbses /ardar #ssociates 1,
.nHab G /ind 3an'% $#s P /6. !$" @os, 5249+5250 of 2008 decided on
31st 7ly% 2009N 97, -his $ort in 9arri $handra /he'har ?ao !spra"
cate(oricallyheldthat whenapersonisheldtobea&e&ber of
schedled caste for one /tate% he cannot be treated as sch in
another, In 9ilind !spra"% it was cate(orically held that the 2i(h
$ort% in exercise of its sper1isoryHrisdiction% nder#rticle 227of
the $onstittion of India% cannot &a'e any ro1in( in
