advancement of socially and educationally backward classes of citizens or for those backward classes of citizens who are not adequately represented in the services of the State cannot be availed by a person belonging to a caste/community which was not classified as a socially and educationally backward class/backward class by including himself/herself into a particular socially and educationally backward class/backward class either by alliance or by any other mode of joining into the said socially and educationally backward class/backward class. It is stated that a member who had an advantageous start in life, cannot be stated to be entitled to the benefits under Article 15(4) and 16(4) of the Constitution even if, on conversion, he/she has been recognised as a member of such socially and educationally backward class/ backward class by its other members. It is also stated that the conversion of a member of a Scheduled Caste into any other religion does not reduce the social and educational backwardness of that person, and such persons can be given the benefit of reservation of the community after the conversion. In the case on hand, the petitioner was
