T. Nandakumar Singh, J.—

Heard Mr.P.R.Barman, learned counsel for the petitioner, the learned Advocate General, Tripura as well as Mr. A. K. Bhowmik, learned senior counsel for the respondents.

2. The writ petitioner, Sri Partha Das @ Partha Kumar Das, son of a migrant to Tripura, late Sri Paresh Chandra Das, from Hidrabad Village, Sub-Division Brahman#31;baria, District Kumilia of the then East Bengal (now Bangladesh) claims himself as a member of the Scheduled Caste community called "Jailia Kaibarta" which is recognized as one of the scheduled caste communities in the State of Tripura.

3. Succinct fact, leading to the filing of the present writ petition which will be sufficient for deciding the core question of the present writ petition, is noted.

The father and forefathers of the writ petitioner are members of Jailia Kaibarta community of the then East Bengal (at present Bangladesh) and amongst Jailia Kaibarta community, the term 'Choudda Mouja" i.e. 14 (fourteen) villages was very much in the vocabulary. Those fourteen villages were mostly populated by Jailia Kaibarta comm#31;unity. Villages, such as Samrail, Nunpur, Bankali, Shabajpur, Hidrabad and Majlishpur were among those four

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