Remove caste names: SC/ST Commission directs Collectors in Tamil Nadu
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The Tamil Nadu State Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes has ordered district collectors to rename public locations currently bearing caste-based names.
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- The Tamil Nadu State Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes has instructed district collectors to remove caste-based names from streets, roads, and waterbodies.
- District officials must submit a compliance report within one month.
- This initiative follows a previous government order from October 2025 and a subsequent endorsement by the Madras High Court.
- Removing these names aims to promote social equality in public spaces.
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- Submission of the compliance report by district collectors within one month
- Progress on renaming specific streets and waterbodies across the state
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Imayam
Chairperson-in-charge of the Commission
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“asked the district Collectors to submit a report within a month after removing and renaming the places bearing caste names.”
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…remove caste names from streets, roads, waterbodies and other public places in all local bodies and areas covered under the revenue administration. In his letter, writer Imayam, Chairperson-in-charge of the Commission, asked the district Collectors to submit a report within a month after removing and renaming the places bearing caste names. Recalling the order issued by the Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department in October 2025, he said a Division Bench of the Madras High Court had already upheld the order, though an earlier Bench had…
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