Though it may amount to self boasting, the fact is that I conceived the idea of striving for the restoration of a statehood for Coorg, now submerged under the atrocious Karnataka, some years ago. I contemplated the starting of an organisation for such a purpose and I did succeed in building the edifice to the stature what it is today. In the process, if I be permitted to be nostalgic a bit, I have undergone colossal hardships, personal loss and massive opposition before I could actually steer this organization to the supreme eminence. In other words my organisation is a byword for the right to self determination besides aiming at the 'Codava Homeland', the other theme what we have been striving for the recognition of Codava Racial identity and existence. We have been doing what our race; i.e. Codava Race, stands for and the things what Codava elders of bygone era lived for. The National Constitution Review Commission headed by Mr. Justice M.N. Venkatachalaiah has already submitted its report to the Govt. recommending the establishment of a development board for Coorg under article 371 of the constitution of India and the establishment of a central university with in the territorial jurisdiction of Coorg (CRC Report : Chapter 8:. Union-State Relations 8.23.1 )

            Now that the union govt has constituted' a commission which you head, with an intention of defining afresh the bounds of each parliamentary and assembly constituencies in India on the basis of the size of the population. Initially the Govt. of India intended to increase the number of the representation in the Lok sabha and all the state Assemblies. Some how the programme is shelved until the year 2026. The latest idea is to alter the boundaries of the respective parliamentary constituencies and the segment assembly constituencies with out increasing or decreasing the numbers of the representation. In the bargain the total strength of the Loksabha remains to be 543 and the number of Karnataka assembly at 224. This has forced me to address this memorandum to you.

           Until the day when Coorg became merged with the state of Mysore later nomenclatured as the State of Karnataka. Coorg was a 'C' type state with a single house legislature, a chief minister and a speaker with 24 member strong MLA's the chief Commissioner was the head of the state. With Coorg losing its separate entity politically, we have lost everything what we could have boasted of, We have lost Representation in the Loksabha and Rajya Sabha, what it was 24, the assembly segments dwindled to three on the basis of the revenue taluk and Coorg became a segment of Mangalore Loksabha Constituency even though the cultural variety, demographical features and the life style of the voters do not mix congenially with that of Mangalore. Not only that the Codava predominant Virajpet assembly constituency was made a reserved constituency for schedule tribes and there by blew a lasting damage to the very notion and the existence of Codava race and our esteem, even though there have constituencies which have such communities and tribes larger in number. Only two constituencies have been reserved for scheduled tribes in the whole of Karnataka, unfortunately our district happen to be one, needless to add that Codava race became the only victim to such , a calculated fraud. The one ruse that the Govt. offered for such behaviour was that Codavas being martial in race, our presence in the army was quite essential in order to guard the boundaries of the nation. In fact such ruse was advanced only in order to play false and fraud on us otherwise so that no Codava may imagine of resisting the move to curb and eliminate 'Codava identity'.

            Therefore I here by reiterate our demands for de-limitation of Coorg not on the basis of population or size on the existing system, but on the basis of ancient 'Naads' the traditional 'Homeland of Codavas and the 1200 stripes of Codava clannish families. If the population were to be taken into consideration, the number of assembly constituency segments will be dwindled to 21/2 from 3. (Two & half from three) The best way left open to satisfy our demands is to create one parliamentary constituency exclusively for Codavas with a special reservation with in the bounds of 45 Naads and as many assembly constituencies exclusively for Codavas without reverting to the system of one assembly constituency per one revenue taluk as is the practice now. Let not the bounds fixed by erstwhile alien autocratic rajas of Coorg, or the boundaries demarcated by the Britishers or the boundaries fixed during independence or post state re- orgnaisation periods be the criterion, but the ancient Codava traditional Naad systems (Ancient administrative units) be the only one basis. India being a pluralistic society, re-fixing of area limitation on the basis of Nad system, the hopes and aspirations of Codavas will be deemed to be considered positively and a Codava person may directly be elected there from. With special reservation for a member of Codava race as is the case in relation with Buddhist monks in Sikkim by name 'Sangha' Assembly Constituency is reserved exclusively for Buddhist monks in Sikkim. Even though the number of voters is simply negligible or never more than 2500 (Two Thousand Five hundred) and two nominated representa-tives in the Lok Sabha for Anglo Indians.

            Since the Anglo Indian Community belongs to a Scattered class without being looked or confined to any particular region, the said community generally has been given an opportunity to be represented by two members in the Loksabha under Art. 331 of the Constitution of India. The Codava race which is land locked exclusively to Coorg in general and confined only to 45 Naads in particular and further that we have had a definite system of our own governance from time immemorial, is it not judicious that the Codava race should also be given the opportunity to be represented exclusively by a Codava member in the Loksabha and exclusive representation in the state Assembly for Codava race? It looks our claim is genuine and well founded upon.

            It pains us to re-collect the fate of our race becoming servile to the mercies of others in order to be, if, get elected either Assemblies or Local bodies. We do not understand the logic behind in denying a separate Parliamentary constituency and Assembly segments for Codavas even though we have a compact well defined territory and a set of unique race while the Govt has created Parliamentary constituencies in relation to very scarcely populated and never a compact territorial segments like Ladakh and the Union territories of Pandichery, Lakshadweepa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu and states like Sikkim, Goa and other North-Eastern States. In order to create separate Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies and the very same Yardstick may conveniently be employed in case of Codava's and Coorg. One disturbing, rather disgusting, feature of the reservation system adopted and ruthlessly being practiced in Karnataka is that our race most unscrupulously has been avoided being mentioned of in the dominating communities and castes have been facilitated with reservation tag, but never in the case of Codava race. This has resulted in the unintentional variations and fluctuations in our very thinking and the traditional demography of Coorg in general and Codava homeland i.e. Nad systems in particular unless you do something positively we fear that Coorg, Codava race and the very existence of Codavaism will soon become a thing of the past and our polity will become extinct forever. Therefore, we hereby request you to re-fix the boundaries of Coorg to the area covered by 45 naads with an exclusive Codava member in the Loksabha and as many Codava Assembly segments as possible, but always within the bounds of 45 traditional naads. Before I conclude I am duty bound to inform you that Codava race is totally a non-religious one and a Codava as nothing to do with Hinduism as is being misinterpreted by the Cunning Sanathanies. Only thing that remains to be said is that Codavas have been Cunningly misled by channelising our imagination towards nation building and which fact, perhaps mischief, Codavas have understood the same only now. As such Codavas could not pressurise our demands for protection of identity and constitutional guarantee this long, Any how we presume that we shall knock at the doors of the Commission in course of time with appropriate representation and workable suggestion.

            With the confusion being created by some self centered and never a force to be individuals regarding the Kailpold Namme celebration held under the aegis of CNC on 1 st September 2002 at Madikeri, if some vested interests took exceptions for my having celebrated Kailpold Namme on 1st September 2002 at Madikeri on the ground they are the sole custodian and inheritors of Codava Customs and mannerisms, some questioned me for having chosen September 1st for the occasion. One must remember that Codavame is being forced to be a simple memory of tile past and it is our duty that every Codava should try to rejuvenate our stature and rekindle Codavame. One must remember that those who constitute the managing committee of certain associations have no power to speak any thing as the sole representatives of Codava Race. Unless some serious thinking about this is made and unless each and every Codava tries to re-establish his or her faith in Codavame, Codava Culture and Codava Esteem, we cannot hope to rise above all others and sooner we will be a clean forgot. After all Codavame is not a religion, but it certainly is a way of life. We must try to breath Codavame and live as a Codava proper. I only try to enthuse interest within amongst Codavas in order to vibrate with Codavame. Let not Codavame be mistaken for the crude Sanathani methods or cultivating hatred against the people of other faiths. So also let not Codavas be a nihilist group or a group which negates the supreme God head like some political parties, because it may amount to self effacing our individual self. Let not also Codavas be a pseudo secularists. I only want my people step forward towards such an Utopion society. We must remember that Rama or Krishna were never known in this part of our country some 200 years ago and the presence of a priest could not have been even dreamt of by Codavas. We worship our Guru Karonas, our Kaimada is the repository of our departed souls and our Kannikombare and Nellaki Nadubade are our sanctum sanctorums and the edifice Ainmane is our sanctuary. Except these a Codavas as no other temple and let him not involve himself in the activities that is being done in such places should be involve himself in such religious activities it is his own faith, heaven or funeral and it has nothing to do with Codava culture or Codavame in general. None is superior or inferior to others among Codavas. Priest a set of people identifying themselves to be the leaders of the society could never be the focal points of Codava Culture and I re-call a Codava adage 'Arivavane Periyanva , (Wise man is superior to others).

            We must always try to be individualistic in our methods and mannerism and with in the bounds of Codavame and never be a parasite to any other men or culture. Our supreme motto is to project the real Codavame to the whole world doesn’t matter however much infinitesimally insignificant it is and gain universal recognition for it. I assured that I shall not try to mislead Codavas even for a very fraction of second as did others. Everything said and don, Codavame is supreme and paramount for me.

            While I appreciate the commentaries, remarks and strictures that are being passed by my detractors these days; I believe that, I have achieved in conveying the message of my demand for independent Codava homeland, universal recognition for Codava Minority Nationality & Constitutional special guarantee for our land language, culture heritage, economic and political freedom and right to political self -determination. What to insist just at the moment is that I never intended to please any persons or category of persons while I re-iterated our duty to achieve the goals which CNC stands for. After all we are an insignificant minority, numerically we are just very small or near about non- existence it is the duty of every Codava to believe that he is a Codava, to imagine that he is a Codava and live and die for Codava land in this sacred atmosphere. With this in my mind we should know that we should not bother about the existence or survival of others should a minority nationality like that of Codavas should survive, we must be prepared to make certain sacrifices, but let this not be misconstrued to imagine that I advocate the elimination of the people of other communities. No I shall never do It I shall never contemplate such things even in my dreams. They are fellow human beings. But when at a time all other nationalities, communities, ethnic groups and religions in the world are to be recognised and identified to be so. And it includes all who are concerned and who habitats here, but it is not our aim that we should des-respect them are demolish their identity. The recognition what we demand pertains to recognition for Codava nationality exclusively and we do not want it to be submerged with others only in order to exhume the long buried Codava nationality, I have been doing all these exercises. Unless we do this we cannot hope to surface. While I says this I only mean that Codava should behave like a Codavas and let him not be confused or poisoned by the dogmas and strategies injected by mischievous elements within and around us.

            The Codava Identity what I project is not to hate others. Enough if Codava tries to live like a Codava and if he succeeds in doing that the whole environment will appreciate him and deify him. I take leave to inform that we have been misled considerably by some mischievous entities and we have been made to imagine the meaning of Identity to be the one when we should try to eliminate the persons of Muslim, Christian are other communities. By hatred we do not identify ourselves as Codavas. A Codava should always try to imbibe and bring him to practice the thinking of a Codava, an imagination as a Codava, and cultivate speaking Codava Thakk unless we do this we must imagine that we would be a clean forgot in the years to come. A Codava should identity himself as a Codava and he must make the entire world receive him and treat him to be so. If we behave like the members of dominant major Hindu communities we shall never be able to succeed in getting ourselves to be identified as Codava minority nationality. By demanding constitutional special protection for Codava Thakk our land, culture, heritage, economic & political freedom and our insistence for celebrating our rites and festivals in public and come out of the long slumber does not tantamount to a demand for hatred are effacing others but instead make others know that there are such things as Codavame, Codava culture, our festivities and what is Codava world. It is only now other people have come to understand about the existence of Codava nationality.

            The most sacred rituals of Kailpoud celebrations is a diurnal transaction. It is not necessary for me to explain about Keiipoud I restrain myself to the task of reminding about the traditional initiation of a Codava boy who turns fourteen in to actual Codava behaviour. The boy has to take a bath, dress him self fully, first time in his life, in Codava traditional costumes and appears before his father. (or if the father be dead before his senior or junior uncle) .

Father takes him to a selected place in order to offer oblations to the mother earth. After due respects are paid by bending him self before father or uncle as the case may be in order to touch his feet the fater or the uncle hands him over a gun (prior to the advent of Guns, spear and Odikathi were the arms used for the purpose) fully loaded and asks him to aim at a coconut placed on the earth at a distance and the boy triggers his gun. This is the first teaching and initiation in to martial Arts of a Codava boy. T father asks the boy to perform the pooje to the agricultural implements like Nengi Noga ( plough, yoke), Tami and Tave (The rope used for the purpose o g n of the bullock with the yoke and wooden instruments used for the purose of leveling up the soil before transplantation) signifying the transfer of duties enjoyed with agricultural operations thereafter.

After the festive dinner the boy would be taken to Nellakki, nadubade before entering the mand and asked to pay homage to Gurukaronas of the clannish family, do thank sun and moon in reverence and make absence to the parents and elders. The father o he uncle as the case may be guides the boy to the mand where he would be taught as to how to slash plantatain stubs with a Odikathi I signifying the manner as to how seriously the Codavas of a bygone era used to eliminate enemies in a battlefield. I take this opportunity to give a call to all codavas to re-establish such a time tested magnificent Codava custom and you may expect rich dividends in the future.

            In recognition of shivelry, honesty, integrity and loyalty? Mr. Mark Cubbon, the then Chief Commissioner of this tiny nation, in the year 1861 exempted Codavas by race from the mischief of certain restrictive provisions, of Arms Act, nick-named as Disarming Act, and later in the 1963 the Government of India continued the exemptions there under so granted as mentioned earlier until 31 May 1965. No doubt that there has been some pressure from other quarters to withdraw the exemptions, but at the intervention and on the recommendations of Mr. T.P. Issar, the Deputy Commissioner of the District, a fresh, rather refreshing, notification vide No. F / 17/ 1 /66 F LV dated 26th October 1966 the Government oflndia deleted the words 'untiI31-5-1965' from the exemption clause incorporated in the year 1963. Entire Codava race is thankful to Mr. T.P. Issar for having shown the farsightedness while he eulogised the service of Codavas and our sincerity in defending the country.

The main purpose of this write up is not intended to explain about the nature and pros and cons of the exemption under Arms Act in relation to Codavas are concerned. I may suggest the inclusion of the names of the respective families to which the applicant belongs besides being mentioned about the race. Only thing that the authorities should insist upon is producing some such documents, an affidavit duly sworn by the applicant vouchsafing the fact that he or she belong to such and such a family of Codava race. In other words appropriate amendments to the Indian Anns Act to that effect is very essel1tial at the moment and I insist that the government of India takes appropriate steps towards such an end at its earliest.

An amendment to the constitution of India by incorporating special guarantee to Codavas and all such things connected With Codavas including exemption as contemplated in Anus Act, which shall have the force of lexifori. In essence it is the duty of entire human society to preserve unique customs and traditions of any given ethno linguistic nationality, Codavas in this case, and it is the duty of any democratic Government to strive for recognition of such ancient customary laws and traditions, duly preserved, protected and promoted as are nurtured and practiced by a infinitesimally small minority ethno linguistic nationality like Codavas.

            In recognition of shivelry, honesty, integrity and loyalty? Mr. Mark Cubbon, the then Chief Commissioner of this tiny nation, in the year 1861 exempted Codavas by race from the mischief of certain restrictive provisions, of Arms Act, nick-named as Disarming Act, and later in the 1963 the Government of India continued the exemptions there under so granted as mentioned earlier until 31 May 1965. No doubt that there has been some pressure from other quarters to withdraw the exemptions, but at the intervention and on the recommendations of Mr. T.P. Issar, the Deputy Commissioner of the District, a fresh, rather refreshing, notification vide No. F / 17/ 1 /66 F LV dated 26th October 1966 the Government oflndia deleted the words 'untiI31-5-1965' from the exemption clause incorporated in the year 1963. Entire Codava race is thankful to Mr. T.P. Issar for having shown the farsightedness while he eulogised the service of Codavas and our sincerity in defending the country.

The main purpose of this write up is not intended to explain about the nature and pros and cons of the exemption under Arms Act in relation to Codavas are concerned. I may suggest the inclusion of the names of the respective families to which the applicant belongs besides being mentioned about the race. Only thing that the authorities should insist upon is producing some such documents, an affidavit duly sworn by the applicant vouchsafing the fact that he or she belong to such and such a family of Codava race. In other words appropriate amendments to the Indian Anns Act to that effect is very essel1tial at the moment and I insist that the government of India takes appropriate steps towards such an end at its earliest.

An amendment to the constitution of India by incorporating special guarantee to Codavas and all such things connected With Codavas including exemption as contemplated in Anus Act, which shall have the force of lexifori. In essence it is the duty of entire human society to preserve unique customs and traditions of any given ethno linguistic nationality, Codavas in this case, and it is the duty of any democratic Government to strive for recognition of such ancient customary laws and traditions, duly preserved, protected and promoted as are nurtured and practiced by a infinitesimally small minority ethno linguistic nationality like Codavas.

1. Amendments to Arums Act which in effect shall have the force of Constitutional guarantee regarding the holding of Arums and carry the same wherever they wish to.

2. The exemption clause shall be made available to Codavas wherever he or she leaves of their permanent habitation.

3. In order to save time and expedite the application seeking exemptions on the grounds of once being a Codava, the authorities concerned should not insist the applicant to produce any document in order to prove that he or she is a Codava by race, but instead an affidavit either by the applicant or the Pattedar of the respective clannish family swearing to the effect that such an applicant is a member of any given Codava clannish family.

4. The respective government office should give a stop to protracting methods as are being practiced by them regarding the issuance of exemption certificates and such certificates should be made available within the fixed time frame, say 10 days from the date of application in order to avid harassment that is being meted out to Codavas. And this Satyagraha is intended only to insist the government to look into the matter at once.

1. I take this opportunity to appreciate and congratulate you for your historic decision to go deep into the villages and deep into the hearts of the ordinary people, that to in god forsaken villages. I am hearten to know that you have plans to stay for three days in each district and it certainly give you a great insight in to the actual living style and conditions of our people.

2. While I take this opportunity to visit Codagu as early as possible, we proposed to inform you that the entire governmental set up including the higher ups of the Governance and top guns of bureaucracy have been kept in dark about the actual living conditions of Codavas by the self centered and motivated bourgeois Codava politicians who are known to be rich and influential. In fact what knowledge any minister or top government official as about Codavas in fact the opposite of the actual reality. I fear you too are no exception. I few rich bourgeon Codava politicians who own extensive property and whose children too are filthy rich and highly educated in order to achieve their respective private ends so far have succeeded in characterizing every Codava to be very rich and most unscrupulously have succeeded in avoiding the mention of poor Codavas who are greater in number.

3. In order to know the reality it always is better and desirable that you visit most backward and neglected Codava areas and exclusive Codava hamlets and villages and stay with them. In actual fact 80% of Codavas are poor and 60 % of them are below the poverty line who live in dangerous conditions and who cannot even afford a meal a day. Consequent to the calculated misguidance of the officialdom who normally dance to the tunes of wealthy and influential bourgeon Codava politicians as a group being treated as rich which necessarily has resulted in Codavas not receiving any benefits that are open to the classes of people with a reservation tag. The disasters conditions prevailing just now are the result of such painting by some interested people after Codagu became merged with Karnataka. It is this which has forced CNC to struggle for treating Codavas as one of the most backward primitive ethno linguistic minority tribes and now a chance has come up to you to know the reality first hand by visiting Codagu and be with some Codavas.

4. We suggest that you make your visits to all the three taluks and we prefer to suggest one family at random in Mutlu and Kaloor, Pamyala Villages of Madikeri taluk, Neetkundh a hamlet of Marenad in Virajpet Taluk and Surlabbi, Mankya, Kumbadagadige and Kikkaralli villages of Somwarpet taluk. Make it a point also to any one of the ainmanes ( family clannish Temporal seat) of ordinary to ordinary Codavas of any of the said villages.) Therefore, I take this opportunity request you to grant me an audience to make a few desirable suggestions to you before you leave to Codagu.

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            We take this opportunity to congratulate the Union Government and the Government of West Bengal for the courage they have taken to initiate a constitutional amendment with the proposed tabling of a bill which would give greater autonomy under 6th schedule of the constitution of India to Ghurka Hill council of Darjeeling in the ensuing Parliamentary session in furtherance and in consonance with a tripartite agreement has been between the Government of India, the Government of West Bengal and Mr. Subash Ghising, the incumbent caretaker administrator of Darjeeling Ghurka Hill Council and leader of GNLF on 5 December, 2005 in pursuance of a draft accord that followed as between the Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mr. Buddadev Bhattacharji and GNLF leader Mr. Subash Ghising at Kolkatta on 3rd July 2006.

            The definite expected outcome of the accord and the decision to present a bill in that connection would certainly be a landmark event in the annals of Indian Constitutional Growth and a feather in the hats of democratic system of Governments adopted in the constitution of India and it is needless to add that such a decision would reflect the basic intent that is being fostered by the Indian Leadership towards achieving the ultimate goal of protecting the diverse ethnic minority and linguistic minority groups of India.

            While advocating such a decision the Government of West Bengal shown its grit and intent and preparedness to respect, conserve and protect the interests of a totally insignificant small group of Ghurkas within the heterogeneous existence of West Bengal Polity.

           It is up to the Government of Karnataka to take up the queue from the Government of West Bengal and follow the decision by pressurizing the Govt. of India to incorporate such a draft bill creating the Codava Autonomous Region (CAR) encompassing the ancient 45 Codava Nads the main habitation of Codavas i.e. the traditional Codava Home land on the lines of the one which is being tabled touching the granting of greater autonomy under the 6th schedule to the Gurka Hill council of Darjeeling.

           Historically Codavas are numerically very thin populace consisting of a few lakhs and strictly ad hearing to the tenants that have been practicing from time immemorial and the group of people unless some decisive steps are taken will soon be extinct. Such an act would never in any manner contravene the agreement enshrined in the State Reorganization Act 1956 that enacted through the 7th amendment to the constitution of India and the principles and policies exemplified in the charter of United Nations. The U.N. Charter obligates the majority ruling community to respect, preserve and protect the minority ethnic group and their traditional home lands within the purview of any given larger politico-administrative states. India is a signatory to the U.N. covenant and as such India shall not disrespect its own obligation in that regard Codavas are a part and parcel of the otherwise heterogeneous existence of Karnataka and it is the moral duty of Government of Karnataka to respect the undertaking made by Government of India to the covenants of U.N declaration. The constitutional provisions and the undertakings and that have been enshrined upon to protect and promote the interests of any given ethnic or linguistic minorities in India.

            Therefore, we desire that a bill intended to respect, protect, preserve, conserve and develop the ethnic identity of Codavas by race, our land, customary personal law, language, cultural heritage and right to internal self-determination and our traditional habitation as a whole along with the bill touching the interests of Ghurkas in the ensuing Monsoon session of the parliament and such an act will definitely go a long way. We Codavas deserve such a treatment.

            Prudence requires both the Governments. I.e. G.O.I and G.O.K to join hands and concur with the creation of Codava Autonomous Region (CAR) at once.

Copy forwarded to:

1. High commissioner, United Nations Human rights commission

2. High Commissioner, United Nations Minorities desk, UN Plaza, New York City, New York.

The Hon’ble Chairman
Commission on Centre-State Relations
Govt. of India
Vigyan Bhwan Annexe,
New Delhi-110 011. MEMORANDUM Sir,

           While congratulating you on your assuming the office of the Chairman of the Commission on Centre State Relations by Govt. of India. We take pleasure to inform you that we are ready and willing to keep all the relevant proof regarding our demands in compliance with your public notice in the recent past. Without any wish to waste your precious time and without ever intending to cause you disturbance we would like to place before you our long felt demands and we only take you through the various charter of demands memorandums and other communications we have definitely made to respective Governments during the last more than a decade and half and we feel it proper to remind you regarding the below mentioned demands. OUR DEMANDS: The long existing Codava race habitating within the region of Codagu district in South-West Karnataka from time immemorial on account of the emergence of larger Karnataka into which we became merged with are facing total elimination and fast disappearance consequent to the deliberate process of suppression and attempted obliteration by the present rulers of Karnataka. Such a thing has forced Codavas to unite together with a solitary purpose of re-establishing our Home land which we propose to call as “Codava Land”. It is with such a design this organization came into existence some sixteen years ago, needless to add that umpteen times we might have convinced all the previous successive Governments in that regard. Our persistent request has been the carving out of a Codava Home land comprising of 45 ancient traditional Codava Nads (erstwhile cluster village) i.e. the main habitation and indivisible Codava Home Land which all along used to be the exclusive habitation of Codava race. Codavas are known to be a distinctive class of people easily distinguishable from others considering our way of life, bucolic social and ethnological background, customary practice routed to mother earth and martial in disposition. We have our own easily understandable ancient and rich language called “Codava Thakk”, our personal appearance is unique and we have a distinctive dress code also. All along we have been fighting for the resurgence of Codava Land, civilization and our own identity. It may not be an out of place thing if we may inform you let known our anguish regarding the treatment all along has been meted out to us by the ruling class of the otherwise heterogeneous state of Karnataka. India being the largest of ethnic diversity and largest democratic country in the world, and we being the smallest ethno cultural tribal group with a racial background we have nobody to lookafter even though the charter of United Nations asserts the duty of larger sects to protect, preserve and develop the minority or smaller ethnic groups and regions of their habitation those who are living in a compact area under the larger communities dominion. Our case is almost equivalent to the story of Ghoorkha’s. Now that Ghoorkha land having been created and assigning of greater autonomy to it is near complete since the Bill in that regard is scheduled to be placed on the floor of the parliament for ratification in the immediate next winter session, is it not right, appropriate, deserving and desirable that Codava Bill also is moved along with the Ghoorkha Bill? We dedicate to rewrite the magnificent history of Codavas that has been effaced and enliven the unique and independent identity we nurtured from ages now that is lost. Codavas should be recognised as significantly infinitesimal distinct minority nationality. Recognition of 45 Nads as their traditional and indivisible homeland, recognition of Codavas right to internal self determination - we mean The right of our people to decide their own political destiny. It can also apply to autonomy and self governance - i.e. Autonomous Codava Land. Effective arrangements should be made to safeguard the interest of minority Codava ethno-linguistic nationality living out side Codava Land. So that they do not fall prey to any discrimination. We request that such a Bill is placed before the ensuing winter session of our parliament. Our other demands are; 61) Ethno linguistic tribal status for Codavas under article 340, 342 of our constitution and extend reservation facilities in the field of education, employment and financial on the lines of other tribals of our nation. 62) Constitutional special guarantee for our land tenure and customary personnel laws on the lines of Jammu and Kashmir and North Eastern States of India under article 370 and 371 of the Constitution of India. 63) The ministry of HRD should establish Central University for World “Codavalogy” on the lines of North-Eastern Hill University, Alighar Muslim University, Banaras Hindu University, Nalanda and Thakshila Universities of the yore. 64) Codava language is a ancient, rich and living spoken language must be included in the 8th schedule of our constitution, Codava language should be implemented as a administrative language under article 350B of the constitution of India on par with Konkani language of the state. 65) Exemption under Indian Arms Act to hold firearms to Codava by race should continue without any hindrance forever and everafter. Such a thing should be incorporated in the manner of constitutional guarantee which may be treated as our customary personal law. Therefore, we request the Hon’ble Commission to look into the Codava demands with a judicious perspective and recommend our case to the Union Government in order to complete the matter at its earliest. We also request you to afford us an opportunity to place before you all the documents or otherwise evidence touching our demands on any day as may be fixed by you. Enclosed herewith the paper on Codava Demands as presented by the renowned political scientist Prof. Balvir Arora of JNU, New Delhi for your kind perusal. Thanking you, Yours faithfully

           A copy of the earlier petition is enclosed. We remain anonymous for reasons that may be gauged.

• Director General of Police,
  
  
• Government of Karnataka
  
  
• Superintendent of police, Kodagu, Madikeri.
  
  
• Deputy Commissioner, Kodagu, Madikeri
  
  
• Dy.S.P. Intelligence (CIB)
  
  
• B.J. Chinnappa, President, Madikeri Bar Association
  
  
• Col. Ganapathy, President, Coorg Ex servicemen Association
  
  
• M.C. Nanaiah, MLC,
  
  
• N.U. Nachappa, CNC President, Madikeri
  
  
• Thammu Poovaiah, Leader, Kodagu Ekikarana Ranga
  
  
• Ravi Chengappa, Cauvery Sene, Madikeri
  
  
• Berera Shambu Aiyanna, President Codava Samaj, Bangalore