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ST status to the Hattee community
January 8 , 2024
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- Himachal Pradesh has issued notification to give Scheduled Tribe (ST) status to the Hattee community of Trans-Giri area of Sirmaur district.
- This had led to significant outrage from Sirmour district’s Gujjar community, the only other ST community in the area.
- But the Himachal Pradesh high court has issued an interim order staying the notification.
- The Centre had already rejected this demand thrice, in 1995, 2006 and 2017.
- The residents of the Trans-Giri area were demanding ST status on the lines of the Jaunsar-Bawar area of Uttarakhand granted in 1967 itself.
- Both Trans-Giri and Jaunsar Bawar area had remained part of erstwhile Sirmaur princely state and have similarity in all aspects.
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