This writ petition is filed challenging the order of the Revenue Divisional Officer, Namakkal, the respondent herein, in Na.Ka. 8988/03/(A5) dated 30.12.2003, seeking to quash the same and for a consequential direction to the respondent to issue Community Certificate to the petitioners son as Bandi (SC) community.

2. The case of the petitioner is that he is residing at Nallipalayam Village, Namakkal District with his family. His son was studying in IX standard at the time of filing of the writ petition. As his son requires Community Certificate for higher studies, he has applied for the Community Certificate on 26.05.2003 to the Revenue Divisional Officer, (in short ‘RDO’) Namakkal, the sole respondent herein. His father, grand father and great grand father lived in Nallipalayam village for several decades. The petitioner studied upto S.S.L.C. and is working as a Writer in a Government school. He and his ancestors belong to Kal Oddar caste and they used the word ‘Boyar’ with their name as their surname. His ancestors were illiterate and they have given his caste as Boyar in his school certificate. He has produced the sale deed made in the year 1974 in which the words ‘Ka