Tamil Nadu News

History of Communal Representation

November 10 , 2026 15 hrs 0 min 32 0

Renewed calls were made for implementing 100% caste-based proportional representation during the centenary year of the Communal Government Order (G.O. No. 1071).
The 100% communal representation policy was introduced through the Communal G.O. and extended to Central Government offices in the Madras Presidency in 1935.
It continued until 1950, when the Madras High Court delivered its verdict in the Champakam Dorairajan case.
Following the First Constitutional Amendment in 1951, a new reservation system was introduced, providing 25% reservation for Backward Classes and 16% for Scheduled Castes, totalling 41%.
The reservation quota was subsequently increased to 69%, but demands for 100% caste-based proportional representation continue, as true social justice is considered achievable only when every community receives representation in proportion to its population.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister announced that a social justice survey would be conducted in the state and a commission would soon be constituted for this purpose.