MADURAI: The Madurai bench of the Madras high court on Tuesday ordered issue of notices to the home secretary, secretary of the Adi Dravida Welfare, Dindigul collector and superintendent of police in a petition alleging that the double-tumbler system and other caste discriminations were rampant in Velayudhamputhur village in Dindigul district.
In his petition, K Kaliyappan of Velayuthamputhur pleaded that there was a social boycott of the members of the scheduled caste people living in Therkutheru, Velayudhamputhur in Palani taluk. The teashops in the village, run by S Chelladurai and N Kamaraj, supplied tea to some dalits in disposable cups while the non-dalits were given glass tumblers. He said out of the 1400 families in the village, 300 belonged to the SC community. They are also not allowed to sit on benches in the shop on par with the non-dalits.
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