Judgment-

K. JAGANNATHA SHETTY

( 1 ) THESE appeals by leave from the judgment of the division bench of the Maji-as High court revoking the "lj Certificate issued to a Tamil film called "ore Oi-n Grmnatlulc (In One Village) lor public exhibition. Civilnos. 1668 and1669 of 1988 are by the producer of the film and the Civilnos. 13667 and 13668 of 1988 are by the Union of India.

( 2 ) THE story of "ore Oru Gramathile" can be summarised as follows:

A Brahmin widower, Shankara Sastry, has a talented daughter Gayathri. He apprehends that she would not be able to get admission to college because she belongs to a Brahmin community. He seeks advice from his close friend Devashayam, a Tahsildar. The Tahsiidar who otherwise belongs to a very poor family and whose father was working in a local church responds with gratitude. He devises a method to help Gayathri because it was through Sastrys father that he got proper education and rose to become a Tahsildar. He prepares a false certificate showing Gayathri as Karuppayee belonging to an Adi Dravida community and as an orphan. He issues the certificate under the reservation policy of the government for the benefit of backward communities identified