JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus to call for the records of the impugned suspension order in proceedings No.576/A2/2022 27.07.2022 issued by the fourth respondent and quash the same as illegal and direct the respondents 1 to 3 to conduct the enquiry.)

1. I was recently hearing a matter pertaining to the affairs of a registered society. I posed a casual question whether the membership of the society is confined to any particular caste. The counsel for the petitioner exclaimed in disbelief-”Milord, the society is named after V.O.C”. I understood what he meant. For the uninitiated, I must clarify that only those belonging to Pillaimar community can become the members of the society.

2. We are celebrating the 75th year of independence. An iconic freedom writer who sacrificed his everything for the sake of the nation has been reduced into a caste symbol. The very same fate has befallen many others too. Such thoughts crossed my mind as I heard the petitioner in person. He is a 4th year law student in Government Law College, Theni. He had been suspended by the impugned order which also proposes to