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The Supreme Court on 26 February 2015 held that a person can be accorded Scheduled Caste (SC) status on his reconversion to Hinduism. The
statuscanbeaccordedifthepersonisacceptedbypeopleofhiscasteandheprovesthatbeforeconvertingeitherheorhisforefatherspreviously
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belongedtoSCcaste.
The ruling was given by twomember Supreme Court bench of Justice Dipak Misra and Justice V Gopala Gowda on a plea of KP Manu, a Kerala
resident,whohadchallengedtheKeralaHighCourtverdict.
SupremeCourtbenchheldthatthreethingsneedtobeestablishedbyapersonwhoclaimstobeabeneficiaryofthecastecertificate:
TheremustbeabsolutelyclearcutproofthathebelongstothecastethathasbeenrecognisedbytheConstitution(ScheduledCastes)Order,1950
Therehasbeenreconversiontotheoriginalreligiontowhichtheparentsandearliergenerationshadbelonged
Therehastobeevidenceestablishingtheacceptancebythecommunity.
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ManuwasbornasaChristianashisgrandfatherhadembracedthereligionafterleavingHinduism.HebecameHinduagainattheageof24andwas
grantedSCcertificateofHinduPulayacastetowhichhisancestorsbelonged.
However,lateronacomplaint,ascrutinycommitteeheldthathecannotbetreatedasaHinduonthegroundthathisforefatherswereChristiansand
hehimselfhadmarriedaChristianwoman.KeralaHighCourtalsogaveitsrulinginfavourofscrutinycommitteeandagainstthePetitioner.
Onthebasisofthereportofthescrutinycommittee,theKeralagovernmentdirectedtheemployerofManutoremovehimfromserviceandrecovera
sumof15lakhrupeestowardsthesalarypaidtohim.

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