• Dr. S. PUSHPALATHA

Sangam Tamil society witnessed a social division based on natural land divisions. People involved in the occupations associated with their lands. Barter system prevailed among them. There were no barriers in their social mobility. They were identified with their professions. But in course of time, caste institution influenced the Tamil society and the new rigid social structure came into existence. Hence, the horizontal society was transformed into a vertical society. This caste based vertical society became rigid and has its own unwritten rules and regulations. It was the order of the day for many centuries. When the Colonial government ruled over the Indian Sub-continent looked at the caste based social institution as a peculiar one. They identified the domination of certain castes in the society. Through their policies, they sowed the seeds for the quota system i.e., introduced separate electorate for the Muslims in the legislative bodies. It was followed by the demands of the non-Brahmin associations for their rights and privileges especially in the Madras Presidency. To compensate the cumulative loss, subsequently, in 1921 the first communal G.O. was passed. It paved the way for the allocation of seats to different communities and to obtain social justice. It was the beginning of the quota system i.e., the present well known reservation policy. By introducing this system, it is trying to bend towards an egalitarian form of society. So, it is considered as the byproduct of the earlier product called caste system. In this research paper an attempt has been made to throw light on how the quota system or the reservation policy became the outcome or the result of the earlier social institution called caste system.

Quota System, Byproduct, Reservation, Caste System, social justice,

"QUOTA SYSTEM IN TAMIL NADU– A BYPRODUCT OF THE CASTE SYSTEM", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 12, page no.b264-b279, December-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2112135.pdf

"QUOTA SYSTEM IN TAMIL NADU– A BYPRODUCT OF THE CASTE SYSTEM", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 12, page no. ppb264-b279, December-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2112135.pdf