In the High Court of Judicature at Madras Dated: 11.08.2009 Coram: The Hon'ble Mr.Justice ELIPE DHARMA RAO AND The Hon'ble Mr.Justice M.VENUGOPAL WRIT PETITION No.86 of 1998 M.Varadhan ... Petitioner Versus The District Collector, Karur District, Karur, Tamil Nadu. ... Respondent Writ Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying for the issuance of a writ of Certiorarified Mandamus to call for the records relating to the proceedings of the respondent in Na.Ka.A3/16947/96 dated 26.12.96, quash the same and consequently direct the respondent to certify that the petitioner belongs to the Scheduled Tribe of 'Urali' with all other consequential benefits, award costs. For Petitioner .. M/s. P.Manimegalai for M/s.R.Vaigai. For Respondent .. Mrs.Malarvizhi Udayakumar,Spl.G.P. ***** O R D E R (Order of the court was made by Elipe Dharma Rao, J) Aggrieved by the order of the Respondent refusing to grant community certificate to the petitioner, this writ petition has been filed. 2. The brief facts which are necessary for the disposal of this writ petition are:- The petitioner initially applied on 6.3.1984 to the Tahsildar, Kulithalai Taluk requesting that he should be given a Community Certificate as belonging to the Scheduled Tribe 'Urali'. On 17.4.1984 the said application was rejected on the ground that the petitioner belonged to Urali Gounder https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ Community and that there was no evidence to show that 'Urali' was a Scheduled Tribe. As against the order of the Tahsildar, dated 17.4.1984 refusing to grant the petitioner the community certificate as he belonging to the Scheduled Tribe of Urali, he preferred an appeal to the Collector, Trichy District on 18.6.1984 along with the old documents relating to his family to establish his claim. On 13.8.1984, the Sub-Collector, Karur called upon the petitioner to appear before him on 22.8.1984. The petitioner on 22.8.1984 appeared before the Sub-Collector and explained him his case and he has also gave a written representation on the same day with detailed enclosures. After his meeting on 22.8.1984 with the Sub-Collector, no order was passed on his application. His repeated representations to pass orders were not replied. Therefore, he filed W.P.No.4070 of 1986. This Court by order dated 8.8.1996 in W.P.No.4070 of 1986 directed the Collector to decide after a proper enquiry in which the petitioner should be given proper opportunity to produce all the evidence and supporting documents. On 25.9.96, the Collector, Trichy forwarded the petitioner's application with the necessary filed and records to the Collector, Karur Dheeran Chinnamalai District, for compliance with the High Court's order. Thereafter, the Deputy Tahsildar, Thogaimalai Division, summoned the petitioner to appear for an enquiry on 28.10.1996 before the Tahsildar, Kulithalai. On that day the petitioner appeared before him and gave a full statement in support of his claim with all the documentary evidence. Thereafter, the Respondent issued an order on 26.12.96 stating that after examining the documents produced by the petitioner, it was proved that the petitioner did not belong to the Scheduled Tribe of Urali and hence his application was rejected. As against the order of the Respondent, this writ petition has been filed. 3. The learned Special Government Pleader has submitted that the Government has issued an order in G.O.(2D) No.108, Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare (CV-I) Department, dated 12.09.2007, wherein the Government has constituted a State Level Vigilance Committee to scrutinize the genuineness of the community certificates issued as Scheduled Tribe and to pass final orders and the petitioner should have approached the State Level Vigilance Committee before filing this writ petition. 4. Considering the facts and circumstances of this case, this writ petition is disposed of granting four weeks time to the petitioner to approach the State Level Vigilance Committee for passing final orders regarding the genuineness of the social status https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ certificate of the petitioner. No order as to costs. Consequently, M.P.No.1 of 2009 is closed. Sd/ Asst.Registrar /true copy/ Sub Asst.Registrar gr. To The District Collector, Karur District, Karur, Tamil Nadu. +1cc to Ms.R.Vaigai, Advocate Sr 37919 RL(CO) km/24.8. W.P.No.86 of 1998 https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/