Date: 19/04/2022, 

Place: Hyderabad 

To,

Sri Koppula Eshwar, The Hon'ble Minister of Scheduled Castes Development,  Government of Telangana, Telangana Secretariat, Hyderabad, Telangana - 500063, Email - eshwarkoppula@gmail.com, Twitter - @Koppulaeshwar1, Phone: 9949588444

Copy to:

1.    Sri. K. Chandrashekar Rao, Hon'ble Chief Minister, CHIEF MINISTER'S OFFICE, Telangana Secretariat, Hyderabad, Telangana – 500063, Email - cmtelangana@gmail.com Twitter - @TelanganaCMO,  Phone Number: 040-2225844

2.    Sri Somesh Kumar, Telangana chief Secretary, Government of Telangana, Block C, 3rd Floor, Telangana, Secretariat, Khairatabad,  Hyderabad- Phone +91-40-23452620, Email – cs@telangana.gov.in, Twitter - @TelanganaCS

3.    Sri K. T. Rama Rao, Hon'ble Minister, Municipal Administration and Urban Development of Telangana, Government of Telangana, Telangana Secretariat, Email: min_ktr@telangana.gov.in, Phone: 040-23453233, Twitter - @MinisterKTR, @KTRTRS @KTR_News

4. Sri. Virendra Kumar, Hon'ble Minister for Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Shastri Bhawan, C-Wing, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road New Delhi,110011 New Delhi, Email - mos3-msje@gov.in

Subject: Kindly direct all the Tahsildars in the state to issue Scheduled Castes converted to Buddhism certificates to the Scheduled Castes who embraced Buddhism 

Reference: 1- The Constitution (Scheduled Caste) Order (Amendment) Act of 1990 - https://socialjustice.gov.in/writereaddata/UploadFile/CONSTITUTION%20(SC)%20ORDER%20(AMENDMENT)%20ACT%201990.pdf

Reference: 2 – The notification issued by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India, Dated 15 November 2016 - https://socialjustice.gov.in/writereaddata/UploadFile/Letter-dated-15112016.PDF

Dear Sir,

I hereby request your kind attention to the reference cited 1 above, The Constitution (Scheduled Caste) Order (Amendment) Act of 1990, which enables scheduled caste who embraced Buddhism to get Scheduled caste certificates.

In the state of Maharastra, the Government of Maharastra is issuing "Scheduled Castes converted to Buddhism certificates" to the Scheduled castes who embraced Buddhism. 

The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of Inda, also Issued a notification dated 15/11/2016, the reference – 2 cited above,  to all states to follow constitutional amendment and issue Scheduled caste certificates to the Scheduled castes who embraced Buddhism.  

In the state of Telangana, there are a considerable population of scheduled Castes who embraced Buddhism. Therefore, it is just and necessary to issue "Scheduled Castes converted to Buddhism certificates." Similar to the state of Maharashtra, following the reference – 1 cited above

In Telangana, several people from Scheduled Castes who embraced Buddhism approached local Tahsildar for Scheduled Caste certificates. Still, Tahsildars are not aware or unwilling to issue Scheduled caste certificates stating several reasons. This act of Tahsildars is unconstitutional, illegal and arbitrary. Due to the actions of Several Tahsildars, several students have lost their education seats and job opportunities. 

It is, therefore in the facts and circumstances explained above, I request your kind selves to issue specific directions to all the Tahsildar in the state of Telangana to follow references No. 1 and 2 cited above and provide a required format to them and direct them to issue "Scheduled Castes converted to Buddhism certificates" to the people who embraced to Buddhism from Scheduled castes.

Regards, 

Sd/- 

Dr B Karthik Navayan, B.Com, LL.M. M. Phil, PhD, Advocate, # Ho. No. 13- 344, Christian Colony, Opp to, Block Office (MPDO office), Shadnagar, Rangareddy District, Telangana – 509216, Phone: 9346677007, Email: navayan@gmail.com, Twitter: @navayan