CM Palaniswami announced that seven sub-sects of the Scheduled Caste —Kudumban, Pannadi, Kadaiyan, Pallan, Kalladi, Vathiriyan and Devandrakulathan — will be called as Devendrakula Vellalar.
It was based on the recommendation of a committee headed by Hansraj Verma.
This has been a long-standing demand of the Devendrakula Vellalar community and Puthiya Tamizhagam (PT) party.
The state government will recommend the centre to include the seven sub-sects under Devendrakula Vellalar community.
But owing to their socio-economic conditions, the community will continue to enjoy the same reservations in education and jobs.
However, the other demand of the community of delisting them from Scheduled Caste (SC) category is still pending with the government.