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Daily News Analysis ‘Tamil Nadu’s Arunthathiyar quota law ‘: 3 August

The Supreme Court has backed the constitutional validity of a Tamil Nadu law that offered preferential treatment among Scheduled Castes (SCs) to socially and educationally backward Arunthathiyar.

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  • Tamil Nadu Arunthathiyar Reservation Act, 2009:
    • To provide the reservation in appointments or posts in State services on a preferential basis among the SCs.
    • The Act is defined to include the castes – Arunthathiyar, Chakkiliyan, Madari, Madiga, Pagadi, Thoti, and Adi-Andhra, notified by the President under Article 341 of the Constitution.
    • Section 3 of the Act mandates that 16% of SCs seats in educational institutions be reserved for Arunthathiyars.
    • Section 4 of the Act makes a similar provision for the Arunthathiyar in the recruitment to government posts.

About Arunthathiyars Community:

  • It is a scheduled caste community mostly found in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Small populations live in Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka.
  • They work as landless agricultural labourers for Naidu landlords, and their women work as domestic help in their houses.

Why in News?

  • The Supreme Court has backed the constitutional validity of a Tamil Nadu law that offered preferential treatment among Scheduled Castes (SCs) to socially and educationally backward Arunthathiyar.