R. SUBBIAH, J.

This writ petition is filed with the prayer of certiorarified mandamus to quash the proceeding of the first respondent dated 5.1.2007 whereby the community certificates issued in favour of the writ petitioner in Certificate No. 550 of 1994 dated 1.9.1994 and Certificate No. 3949 of 2003 dated 11.11.2003 by the then Tahsildar of Ambasamudram are cancelled.

2. It is the case of the writ petitioner that he belongs to Hindu Pallan Community, which is recognized as a Scheduled Caste. He was born to one K. Marudhan and Chellam, who are the parents of the writ petitioner. His mother chellam is the second wife to his father. She also belongs to the same community. Though his father belongs to Hindu Pallan Community, his mother was a Christian by birth, converted into Hindu Religion after her marriage with the father of the petitioner. In fact, the marriage between his father and mother took place only in Hindu Temple. So far as the petitioner is concerned, he was embracing Hindu Religion and custom and traditionally professing only the Hindu practices. He has no shade of Christian custom or rites.

3. It is further submitted that he was born on 14.6.1976 and was originally