ACT No. 8 OF 2021 - Tamil Nadu within the twenty per cent reservation for Most Backward Classes and Denotifi ed Communities.

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Part IV—Section 2

Tamil Nadu Acts and Ordinances

The following Act of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly received the

assent of the Governor on the 26th February 2021 and is hereby

published for general information:—

ACT No. 8 OF 2021.

An Act to provide for special reservation of seats in

educational institutions including private educational

institutions in the State and of appointments or posts in the

services under the State, in the State of Tamil Nadu within the

twenty per cent reservation for Most Backward Classes and

Denotified Communities.

WHEREAS the policy of reservation for the social and

educational advancement of the people belonging to the Backward

Classes of citizens in admissions to educational institutions in the

State and for appointments in the services under the State has been

under implementation in the State of Tamil Nadu for a long time;

AND WHEREAS the State of Tamil Nadu is a pioneer State in providing reservation for the underprivileged and the fi rst Government Order providing communal reservation was passed in the year 1921 and the proportional representation for communities was made in the year 1927 in this State;

[55]56 TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY AND WHEREAS a large percentage of population in Tamil Nadu

who were suffering from social and educational backwardness for

many years have started enjoying the benefi ts of the reservation

policy and have been able to improve their lot and attain a higher

standard of living;

AND WHEREAS the Tamil Nadu Legislature passed the

Tamil Nadu Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled

Tribes (Reservation of seats in Educational Institutions and of

appointments or posts in the Services under the State) Act, 1993

(Tamil Nadu Act 45 of 1994);

AND WHEREAS the Constitution (Seventy-sixth Amendment)

Act, 1994, added the said Tamil Nadu Act 45 of 1994, enacted by

the Tamil Nadu Legislature, to the Ninth Schedule so as to give

protection to the State Act, under Article 31-B of the Constitution;

AND WHEREAS under Article 14 of the Constitution, equals

and unequals cannot be treated equally and a diff erential treatment,

if made, cannot at all be stated to be discriminatory, if it is having a

rational nexus to the object sought to be achieved;

AND WHEREAS the Constitution (Ninety-third Amendment)

Act, 2005 incorporating clause (5) of Article 15 of the Constitution

enables the making of any special provision, by law, for the

advancement of any socially and educationally Backward Classes

of citizens or for the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes in so far

as such special provisions relate to their admission to educational

institutions including private educational institutions whether, aided

or unaided by the State, other than minority educational institutions

referred to in clause (1) of Article 30 of the Constitution;

AND WHEREAS by virtue of clause (5) of Article 15 of the

Constitution and also, after taking a policy decision that the existing

level of sixty-nine per cent reservation in admission to educational

institutions other than minority educational institutions referred to

in clause (1) of Article 30 of the Constitution in the State for the

Backward Classes of citizens and for the persons belonging to the

Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, should be continued

for ensuring the advancement of the majority of the people of

the State of Tamil Nadu, the Tamil Nadu Legislature passed the

Tamil Nadu Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled

Tribes (Reservation of Seats in Private Educational Institutions)

Act, 2006 (Tamil Nadu Act 12 of 2006);

AND WHEREAS clause (4) of Article 16 of the Constitution

enables the making of reservation to those Backward Classes of

citizens which are not adequately represented in the services under

the State;

AND WHEREAS under clause (1) of Article 38 of the

Constitution, the State shall strive to promote the welfare of the

people by securing and protecting as effectively as it may a social

order in which justice, social, economic and political, shall inform all

the institutions of the national life;

AND WHEREAS under clause (2) of Article 38 of the

Constitution, the State shall, in particular, strive to minimize the

inequalities in income, and endeavour to eliminate inequalities in

status, facilities and opportunities, not only amongst individuals

but also amongst groups of people residing in diff erent areas or

engaged in different vocations;

AND WHEREAS under clause (b) of Article 39 of the

Constitution, the State shall, in particular, direct its policy towards

securing that the ownership and control of the material resources of

the community are so distributed as best to subserve the common

good;

AND WHEREAS under clause (c) of Article 39 of the

Constitution, the State shall, in particular, direct its policy towards

securing that the operation of the economic system does not result

in the concentration of wealth and means of production to the

common detriment;

AND WHEREAS Vanniakula Kshatriya including Vanniyar,

Vanniya, Vannia Gounder, Gounder or Kander, Padayachi, Palli and

Agnikula Kshatriya notifi ed as Most Backward Classes, among other

classes, under the said Tamil Nadu Act 45 of 1994, requested for a

separate quota of reservation for them, as they could not compete

with the other communities in the list of Most Backward Classes

and Denotifi ed Communities in view of their large population, so as

to get their legitimate share in admissions to educational institutions

and of appointments or posts in the services under the State;

AND WHEREAS, the Tamil Nadu Backward Classes

Commission which was earlier consulted on the issue of providing

internal reservation for Vanniakula Kshatriya Community had

recommended to the Government that separate quota may be

provided to the extent of ten and a half per cent for Vanniakula

Kshatriya including Vanniyar, Vanniya, Vannia Gounder, Gounder

or Kander, Padayachi, Palli and Agnikula Kshatriya listed as Most

Backward Classes from out of the twenty per cent reservation

provided for the Most Backward Classes and Denotifi ed Communities

in educational institutions including private educational institutions

as well as, in appointments or posts in the services under the State;

AND WHEREAS, on a reference made to the Chairman, Tamil

Nadu Backward Classes Commission in regard to the possibility

of providing internal reservation amongst communities listed as

Most Backward Classes and Denotifi ed Communities within the

twenty per cent available for them under the said Tamil Nadu Act 45

of 1994, the Chairman, by referring to the recommendation of the

then Chairman of the said Commission for providing ten and a half

per cent reservation to Vanniyakula Kshatriya Community within

the said twenty per cent, has stated that to facilitate distributive

social justice, there can be no bar to group the other communities

notifi ed as Most Backward Classes and Denotifi ed Communities on

the proportion of their population and accordingly has suggested

that apart from the ten and a half per cent recommended to

Vanniyakula Kshatriya Community, the remaining may be grouped

into two categories, one with Denotifi ed Communities and the Most

Backward Class Communities having similarity with Denotifi ed

Communities; and another with other Most Backward Classes not

included in the above category and provided with seven per cent

and two and a half per cent reservation, respectively, within the

overall twenty per cent provided under the said Tamil Nadu Act 45

of 1994;

AND WHEREAS, the State Government, after careful

consideration, in order to ensure that the benefi t of the twenty

per cent reservation provided to the Most Backward Classes

and Denotifi ed Communities under the said Tamil Nadu Act 45

of 1994, is equitably distributed among all of them, has taken a

policy decision to categorise them and provide each such category

with such percentage of reservation within the twenty per cent as

suggested above by the Chairman, Tamil Nadu Backward Classes

Commission;

B(cid:3469) it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of

Tamil Nadu in the Seventy-second Year of the Republic of India as

follows:—

Short title,

1. (1) This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Special Reservation

extent and

of seats in Educational Institutions including Private Educational

commencement. Institutions and of appointments or posts in the services under the

State within the Reservation for the Most Backward Classes and

Denotifi ed Communities Act, 2021.

(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Tamil Nadu.

(3) It shall come into force at once.

Defi nitions. 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—

(a) "competent authority" means the competent authority

appointed under section 6;

(b) "Denotifi ed Communities" means the community or

communities which are socially and educationally backward and

notifi ed as Denotifi ed Communities by the Government under the

Tamil Nadu Act 45 of Tamil Nadu Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled

1994.

Tribes (Reservation of seats in Educational Institutions and of

appointments or posts in the Services under the State) Act, 1993

(hereinafter referred to as the 1994 Act);

(c) "educational institution" shall have the same meaning

as defi ned in the 1994 Act;

(d) "Government" means the State Government;

(e) "Most Backward Classes of citizens" means the class

or classes of citizens who are socially and educationally backward

and notifi ed as Most Backward Classes by the Government under

the 1994 Act;

(f) "Part–MBC (V) Communities" means the community or

communities mentioned in Part-MBC (V) of the Schedule, which

are notifi ed as Most Backward Classes by the Government under

the 1994 Act;

(g) "Part– MBC and DNC Communities" means the

community or communities mentioned in Part- MBC and DNC of

the Schedule, which are notifi ed as Most Backward Classes and

Denotifi ed Communities by the Government under the 1994 Act;

(h) "Part–MBC Communities" means the community or

communities mentioned in Part-MBC of the Schedule, which are

notifi ed as Most Backward Classes by the Government under the

1994 Act;

(i) "private educational institution" shall have the same

meaning as defi ned in the Tamil Nadu Backward Classes,

Tamil Nadu Act 12 of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Reservation of seats in

2006.

Private Educational Institutions) Act, 2006 (hereinafter referred to

as the 2006 Act);

(j) "Schedule" means the Schedule appended to this Act.

Reservation of seats 3. Notwithstanding anything contained in the 1994 Act or

in Educational the 2006 Act or in any other law for the time being in force or

Institutions in any judgment, decree or order of any court or other authority,

including Private having regard to the social and educational backwardness of the

Educational communities notifi ed as Most Backward Classes and Denotifi ed

Institutions.

Communities under the 1994 Act, the reservation in respect of

annual permitted strength in each branch or faculty for admission

into educational institutions including private educational institutions,

for Part-MBC (V) Communities, Part-MBC and DNC Communities

and Part- MBC Communities shall be ten and a half per cent, seven

per cent and two and a half per cent, respectively, within the twenty

per cent reservation for the Most Backward Classes and Denotifi ed

Communities as provided in the 1994 Act and in the 2006 Act.

Reservation in

4. Notwithstanding anything contained in the 1994 Act or the

appointments

2006 Act or in any other law for the time being in force or in any

or posts in the judgment, decree or order of any Court or other authority, having

services under the regard to the inadequate representation in the services under the

State.

State, of the communities notifi ed as Most Backward Classes and

Denotifi ed Communities under the 1994 Act, the reservation for

appointments or posts in the services under the State for Part-MBC (V)

Communities, Part-MBC and DNC Communities and Part-MBC

Communities shall be ten and a half per cent, seven per cent and

two and a half per cent, respectively, within the twenty per cent

reservation for Most Backward Classes and Denotifi ed Communities

as provided in the 1994 Act and in the 2006 Act.

Explanation.— For the purposes of this Act, "service under the

State" includes the services under—

(i) the Government;

(ii) the Legislature of the State;

(iii) any local authority;

(iv) any Corporation or Company owned or controlled by

the Government; or

(v) any other authority in respect of which the State

Legislature has power to make laws.

Reservation not to

5. Notwithstanding anything contained in sections 3 and 4 of

be affected.

this Act, the claims of the students or members belonging to the

communities notifi ed as Most Backward Classes and Denotifi ed

Communities under the 1994 Act shall also be considered for the

unreserved seats, appointments, or posts which shall be fi lled up

on the basis of merits and where a student or member belonging

to a Part-MBC (V) Community or Part-MBC and DNC Community

or Part-MBC Community, if selected on the basis of merits, the

number of seats, appointments or posts reserved for Part-MBC (V)

Communities or Part-MBC and DNC Communities or Part-MBC

Communities, as the case may be, shall not in any way be affected.

Competent authority. 6. (1) The Government may, by notifi cation, appoint any offi cer not below the rank of District Backward Class Offi cer to be the competent authority for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder in respect of private educational institutions.

(2) The competent authority shall exercise such powers

and perform such functions as may be prescribed.

Power of

7. (1) The Government may, in the public interest, by order,

Government to

give direction.

direct the competent authority to make an enquiry or to take appropriate proceedings under this Act in any case specifi ed in the

order, and the competent authority shall report to the Government

the result of the enquiry made or the proceedings taken by him

within such period as may be prescribed.

(2) On receipt of the report from the competent authority

under sub-section (1), the Government shall give such direction as

they deem fi t and such direction shall be fi nal and binding.

Competent authority 8. The competent authority appointed under section 6 shall be

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to be public deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of section 21 of

servant.

1860.

the Indian Penal Code.

Protection of action 9. No suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall lie

taken in good faith.

against the competent authority, Government or its Offi cers for

anything, which is in good faith done or intended to be done under

this Act or any rule or order made thereunder.

Power to make rules.

10. (1) The Government may make rules for carrying out the

purposes of this Act.

(2) (a) All rules made under this Act shall be published in

the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette and unless they are expressed

to come into force on a particular day shall come into force on the

day on which they are so published.

(b) All notifi cations or orders issued under this Act shall,

unless they are expressed to come into force on a particular day,

come into force on the day on which they are so published.

(3) Every rule made or notifi cation or order issued under this

Act shall, as soon as possible, after it is made or issued, be placed

on the Table of the Legislative Assembly, and if, before the expiry

of the session in which it is so placed or the next session, the

Assembly makes any modifi cation in any such rule or notifi cation

or order, or the Assembly decides that the rule or notifi cation or

order should not be made or issued, the rule or notifi cation or order

shall thereafter have effect only in such modifi ed form or be of no

effect, as the case may be, so, however, that any such modifi cation

or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything

previously done under that rule or notifi cation or order.

Power to remove 11. If any diffi culty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this

diffi culties.

Act, the Government may, by an order, published in the Tamil Nadu

Government Gazette, make such provisions not inconsistent with

the provisions of this Act as may appear to them to be necessary

or expedient for removing the diffi culty:

Provided that no such order shall be made after the expiry

of two years from the date of the publication of the Act in the

Tamil Nadu Government Gazette.

THE SCHEDULE

[See section 2(f), (g) and (h)]

PART – MBC (V)

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Community Name

1. Vanniakula Kshatriya (including Vanniyar, Vanniya, Vannia Gounder, Gounder or Kander, Padayachi, Palli and Agnikula Kshatriya)

PART – MBC AND DNC

(A) MOST BACKWARD CLASSES

Sl. No.

Community Name

1 Ambalakarar

2 Arayar (in Kanniyakumari District)

3 Bestha, Siviar

4 Bhatraju (other than Kshatriya Raju)

5 Boyar, Oddar

6 Dasari

7 Dommara

8 Jambuvanodai

9 Jogi

10 Koracha

11 Latin Catholic Christian Vannar (in Kanniyakumari District)

12 Mond Golla

13 Mutlakampatti

14 Nokkar

15 Paravar (except in Kanniyakumari District and Shencottah Taluk of Tenkasi District where the Community is a Scheduled Caste)

16 Paravar converts to Christianity including the Paravar converts to Christianity of Kanniyakumari District and Shencottah Taluk of Tenkasi District.

17 Meenavar (Parvatharajakulam, Pattanavar, Sembadavar) (including converts to Christianity).

18 Mukkuvar or Mukayar (including converts to Christianity)

19 Punnan Vettuva Gounder

20 Telugupatty Chetty

21 Thottia Naicker (including Rajakambalam, Gollavar, Sillavar, Thockalavar, Thozhuva Naicker and Erragollar)

22 Valaiyar (including Chettinad Valayars)

23 Vannar (Salavai Thozhilalar) (including Agasa, Madivala, Ekali, Rajakula, Veluthadar and Rajaka) (except in Kanniyakumari District and Shencottah Taluk of Tenkasi District where the community is a Scheduled Caste)

24 Vettaikarar63 TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY

Sl. No.

Community Name

25 Vettuva Gounder

(B) DENOTIFIED COMMUNITIES

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Community Name

1 Attur Kilnad Koravars (Salem, Namakkal, Cuddalore, Villupuram, Kallakurichi, Ramanathapuram, Sivaganga and Virudhunagar Districts)

2 Attur Melnad Koravars (Salem and Namakkal Districts)

3 Appanad Kondayam kottai Maravar (Sivaganga, Virudhunagar, Ramanathapuram, Madurai, Theni and Dindigul Districts)

4 Ambalakarar (Thanjavur, Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai, Tiruvarur, Tiruchirapalli, Karur, Perambalur, Ariyalur and Pudukottai Districts)

5 Ambalakkarar (Suriyanur, Tiruchirapalli District)

6 Boyas (Tiruchirapalli, Karur, Perambalur, Ariyalur, Pudukottai, The Nilgiris, Salem, Namakkal, Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri Districts)

7 Battu Turkas

8 C.K. Koravars (Cuddalore, Villupuram and Kallakurichi Districts)

9 Chakkala (Sivaganga, Virudhunagar, Ramanathapuram, Thanjavur, Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai, Tiruvarur, Pudukottai, Tiruchirapalli, Karur, Perambalur, Ariyalur, Madurai, Theni, Dindigul and The Nilgiris Districts)

10 Changyampudi Koravars (Tirupattur, Ranipet, Vellore and Tiruvannamalai Districts)

11 Chettinad Valayars (Sivaganga, Virudhunagar and Ramanathapuram Districts)

12 Dombs (Pudukottai,Tiruchirapalli, Karur, Perambalur and Ariyalur Districts)

13 Dobba Koravars (Salem and Namakkal Districts)

14 Dommars (Thanjavur, Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai, Tiruvarur, Pudukottai, Tirupattur, Ranipet, Vellore and Tiruvannamalai Districts)

15 Donga Boya

16 Donga Ur.Korachas

17 Devagudi Talayaris

18 Dobbai Korachas (Tiruchirapalli, Karur, Perambalur, Ariyalur and Pudukottai Districts) 19 Dabi Koravars (Thanjavur, Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai, Tiruvarur, Tiruchirapalli, Karur, Perambalur, Ariyalur, Pudukottai, Tirupattur, Ranipet, Vellore and Tiruvannamalai Districts)

20 Donga Dasaris (Chengalpattu, Kancheepuram, Tiruvallur, Tiruchirapalli, Karur, Perambalur, Ariyalur, Pudukottai, Chennai, Salem and Namakkal Districts)

21 Gorrela Dodda Boya

22 Gudu Dasaris

23 Gandarvakottai Koravars (Thanjavur, Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai, Tiruvarur, Tiruchirapalli, Karur, Perambalur, Ariyalur, Pudukottai, Cuddalore, Villupuram and Kallakurichi Districts)

24 Gandarvakottai Kallars (Thanjavur, Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai, Tiruvarur and Pudukottai Districts) 25 Inji Koravars (Thanjavur, Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai, Tiruvarur, Tiruchirapalli, Karur, Perambalur, Ariyalur and Pudukottai Districts)64 TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY

Sl. No.

Community Name

26 Jogis (Chengalpattu, Kancheepuram, Tiruvallur, Chennai, Cuddalore, Villupuram, Kallakurichi, Tirupattur, Ranipet, Vellore and Tiruvannamalai Districts)

27 Jambavanodai

28 Kaladis (Sivaganga, Virudhunagar, Ramanathapuram, Madurai, Theni, Dindigul, Thanjavur, Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai, Tiruvarur, Pudukottai, Tiruchirapalli, Karur, Perambalur and Ariyalur Districts)

29 Kal Oddars (Chengalpattu, Kancheepuram, Tiruvallur, Ramanathapuram, Sivaganga, Virudhunagar, Madurai, Theni, Dindigul, Pudukottai, Thanjavur, Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai, Tiruvarur, Tiruchirapalli, Karur, Perambalur, Ariyalur, Tirunelveli, Tenkasi, Thoothukudi, Salem and Namakkal Districts)

30 Koravars (Chengalpattu, Kancheepuram, Tiruvallur, Ramanathapuram, Sivaganga, Virudhunagar, Pudukottai, Thanjavur, Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai, Thiruvarur, Tiruchirapalli, Karur, Perambalur, Ariyalur, Tirunelveli, Tenkasi, Thoothukudi, Chennai, Madurai, Theni, Dindigul and The Nilgiris Districts)

31 Kalinji Dabikoravars (Thanjavur, Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai, Tiruvarur and Pudukottai Districts ) 32 Kootappal Kallars (Tiruchirapalli, Karur, Perambalur, Ariyalur and Pudukottai Districts) 33 Kala Koravars (Thanjavur, Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai, Tiruvarur, Tiruchirapalli, Karur, Perambalur, Ariyalur and Pudukottai Districts)

34 Kalavathila Boyas

35 Kepmaris (Chengalpattu, Kancheepuram, Tiruvallur, Pudukottai, Tiruchirapalli, Karur, Perambalur and Ariyalur Districts)

36 Maravars (Thanjavur, Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai, Tiruvarur, Pudukottai, Ramanathapuram, Sivaganga, Virudhunagar, Tirunelveli, Tenkasi and Thoothukudi Districts)

37 Monda Koravars

38 Monda Golla (Salem and Namakkal Districts)

39 Mutlakampatti (Tiruchirapalli, Karur, Perambalur, Ariyalur and Pudukottai Districts)

40 Nokkars (Tiruchirapalli, Karur, Perambalur, Ariyalur and Pudukottai Districts)

41 Nellorepet Oddars (Tirupattur, Ranipet, Vellore and Tiruvannamalai Districts)

42 Oddars (Thanjavur, Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai, Tiruvarur, Tiruchirapalli, Karur, Perambalur, Ariyalur, Pudukottai, Madurai, Theni and Dindigul Districts)

43 Pedda Boyas (Tiruchirapalli, Karur, Perambalur, Ariyalur and Pudukottai Districts)

44 Ponnai Koravars (Tirupattur, Ranipet, Vellore and Tiruvannamalai Districts)

45 Piramalai Kallars (Sivaganga, Virudhunagar, Ramanathapuram, Madurai, Theni, Dindigul, Pudukottai, Thanjavur, Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai and Tiruvarur Districts)

46 Peria Suriyur Kallars (Tiruchirapalli, Karur, Perambalur, Ariyalur and Pudukottai Districts) 47 Padayachi (Vellayan Kuppam in Cuddalore District and Tennore in Tiruchirapalli District) 48 Punnan Vettuva Gounder (Tiruchirapalli, Karur, Perambalur, Ariyalur and Pudukottai Districts) 49 Servai (Tiruchirapalli, Karur, Perambalur, Ariyalur and Pudukottai Districts)

50 Salem Melnad Koravars (Madurai, Theni, Dindigul, Coimbatore, Tiruppur, Erode, Pudukottai, Tiruchirapalli, Karur, Perambalur, Ariyalur, Salem, Namakkal, Tirupattur, Ranipet, Vellore and Tiruvannamalai Districts)65 TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY

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Community Name

51 Salem Uppu Koravars (Salem and Namakkal Districts)

52 Sakkaraithamadai Koravars (Tirupattur, Ranipet, Vellore and Tiruvannamalai Districts) 53 Saranga Palli Koravars

54 Sooramari Oddars (Salem and Namakkal Districts)

55 Sembanad Maravars (Sivaganga, Virudunagar and Ramanathapuram Districts)

56 Thalli Koravars (Salem and Namakkal Districts)

57 Telungapattti Chettis (Tiruchirapalli, Karur, Perambalur, Ariyalur and Pudukottai Districts) 58 Thottia Naickers (Sivaganga, Virudunagar, Ramanathapuram, Chengalpattu, Kancheepuram,Tiruvallur, Thanjavur, Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai, Tiruvarur, Tiruchirapalli, Karur,Perambalur, Ariyalur, Pudukottai, Tirunelveli, Tenkasi, Thoothukudi, Salem, Namakkal, Tirupattur, Ranipet, Vellore, Tiruvannamalai, Coimbatore, Tiruppur and Erode Districts)

59 Thogamalai Koravars or Kepmaris (Tiruchirapalli, Karur, Perambalur, Ariyalur and Pudukottai Districts)

60 Uppukoravars or Settipalli Koravars (Thanjavur, Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai, Tiruvarur, Pudukottai, Madurai, Theni, Dindigul, Tirupattur, Ranipet, Vellore and Tiruvannamalai Districts)

61 Urali Gounders (Tiruchirapalli, Karur, Perambalur, Ariyalur and Pudukottai Districts)

62 Wayalpad or Nawalpeta Korachas

63 Vaduvarpatti Koravars (Madurai, Theni, Dindigul, Ramanathapuram, Sivaganga, Virudunagar, Tirunelveli, Tenkasi, Thoothukudi, Tiruchirapalli, Karur, Perambalur, Ariyalur and Pudukottai Districts) 64 Valayars (Madurai, Theni, Dindigul, Tiruchirapalli, Karur, Perambalur, Ariyalur, Pudukottai, Erode, Coimbatore and Tiruppur Districts)

65 Vettaikarar (Thanjavur, Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai, Tiruvarur and Pudukottai Districts) 66 Vetta Koravars (Salem and Namakkal Districts)

67 Varaganeri Koravars (Tiruchirapalli, Karur, Perambalur, Ariyalur and Pudukottai Districts) 68 Vettuva Gounder (Tiruchirapalli, Karur, Perambalur, Ariyalur and Pudukottai Districts)

PART - MBC

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Community Name

1 Andipandaram

2 Eravallar (except in Kanniyakumari District and Shencottah Taluk of Tenkasi District where the community is a Scheduled Tribe)

3 Isaivellalar

4 Jangam

5 Kongu Chettiar (in Coimbatore, Tiruppur and Erode Districts only)

6 Kulala (including Kuyavar and Kumbarar)

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Community Name

8 Kurumba, Kurumba Gounder

9 Kuruhini Chetty

10 Maruthuvar, Navithar, Mangala, Velakattalavar, Velakatalanair and Pronopakari

11 Moundadan Chetty

12 Mahendra, Medara

13 Narikoravar (Kuruvikars)

14 Panisaivan/Panisivan

15 Pannayar (other than Kathikarar in Kanniyakumari District)

16 Sathatha Srivaishnava (including Sathani, Chattadi and Chattada Srivaishnava)

17 Sozhia Chetty

18 Thondaman

19 Thoraiyar (Nilgiris)

20 Thoraiyar (Plains)

21 Transgender/Eunuch (Thirunangai / Aravani)

22 Yogeeswarar

(By order of the Governor)

C. GOPI RAVIKUMAR, Secretary to Government, Law Department.

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