jammy (exec) 23 February 2011

Can caste of a person be changed legally?

can a person change the caste (from SC to a Forward caste) legally? if yes, what are the steps and procedures to be followed?

thanks in advance

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A V Vishal (Advocate) 23 February 2011

No there can be no change in one's caste. There is no legal procedure for such conversion.

Arup (UNEMPLOYED) 23 February 2011

caste can not be changed.

if you feel any type of problem, you may change your surname according to your choice.

no restriction on it.

Isaac Gabriel (Advocate) 06 July 2011

The link may throw light.

Attached File : 15197 192320 40 community change on marriage sc.doc downloaded: 854 times

Dipangkar (Business) 07 July 2011

Wow! If it can be done, UNLIKE you, i would prefare to change my General Caste to a Backward caste. All those first preferences they use to get in india, for just being a "Backward Caste"..

The Chief Minister of Assam, himself , is a so called "Backward Caste" as an example.

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@Jammy, what is the reason for desiring the change??

Raveendar (Lead DBA) 22 April 2013

I am Hindu and I got married with a muslim girl. We embraced Christianity before marriage. Now we would like to change to our caste to Christianity(BC-C) how can we do that. Please advice.