No reservation for Hindus who convert to another religion: Madras High Court (HC)
CHENNAI: In a major decision, the Madras High Court (HC) on Saturday said that a person cannot claim reservation based on caste after getting converted to another religion.
A Madras HC Bench headed by Justice GR Swaminathan passed the order while dismissing a petition by a Hindu man from the most backward community who had converted to Islam.
The petitioner subsequently sought caste-based quota in state government jobs.
The Bench observed that once a Hindu man converts to another religion which does not recognize the caste system, the person ceases to belong to that caste in which he was born.
The petitioner maintained that he converted to Islam in May, 2008. He appeared for the Tamil Nadu Combined Civil Services exam in 2018. He failed to qualify it and upon inquiry he came to know that he was treated as a General category candidate.
He maintained that he should have been treated as backward class Muslim category. He further said that he exercised his fundamental right by getting converted to Islam.
The Tamil Nadu government considers some Muslim categories as the most backward class community. (IANS)
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