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