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Villupuram: 05.08.2020
A 17-year-old girl from the irula community, accompanied by fellow villagers and relatives from Koralur, lodged a petition at Villupuram collector office on Tuesday, requesting the authorities to give students of the village Scheduled Tribe caste certificates and demanded stringent action against the VAO, who, she alleged, had collected a bribe of ₹15,000 to provide them community certificates.
R Ramya, in her petition, said, “Koralur, a remote village located near Kanjanur, houses 45 irula families. All though we are living at the village for more than five decades, only seven families have community certificates. In the absence of community certificate, none of us can pursue higher education and are forced to stop our education after HSC.”
Ramya’s mother R Sumathi, 35, said “The Koralur village VAO Vasudevan, promising people of providing community certificates, had collected ₹750 each from parents of 20 irula children two months ago. However the VAO is now trying to avoid the issue, claiming all the applications have been forwarded to Villupuram RDO office.”
K Rajendran, revenue divisional officer of Villupuram, said, “The district administration is yet to receive any application for irula caste certificates from Koralur village. We will take stringent action against the VAO if he is found guilty.”
RDO of Villupuram K Rajendran said the district administration is yet to receive any application for irula caste certificates from Koralur village
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