Govt urges SC to restore SC status for Tanti community
Supreme Court
's July 2024 decision that revoked the scheduled caste (SC) status of the Pan-Tanti community.
On Friday, the general administration department (GAD) said the Tanti caste had to be re-included at position 33 in the backward classes schedule as per the court's direction.
The Supreme Court had invalidated a 2015 state govt resolution that granted SC status to the Tanti-Tantwa caste, ordering instead their inclusion in the extremely backward classes (EBC) list. The court also instructed that any seats or posts vacated due to this reclassification be filled by other SC candidates.
The apex court ruled that only Parliament has the authority to add or remove castes from the SC list, citing Article 341 of the Constitution.
It noted that the inclusion of additional castes in the SC list diluted benefits meant for constitutionally recognised scheduled castes.
Following the judgement, the state govt had transferred the Tanti-Tantwa community to the EBC category.
The matter has political implications in election season. In April, Akhil Bhartiya Paan Mahasangh president I P Gupta held a large rally in Patna to launch his Indian Inqalab Party (IIP), demanding the restoration of SC status to the Tanti community. Gupta claimed the community had a national population of 5 crore.
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