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VELLORE: ‘This is to certify that she does not belong to any caste or religion’. After ascertaining that the certificate she demand matched with her lifestyle, we decided to sanction her petition and certify her as a no-casteno-religion person on February 5.” She said that despite several court directives and government orders clarifying that no one could be compelled to mention caste name in certificates, schools made students mention their caste and community names in their certificates.“Being an advocate I wanted to break this barrier. We conducted a personal verification of her family background and her lifestyle. A tahsildar in Tirupattur issued such a certificate to A Snegha Parthibaraja , a lawyer who later claimed she was the first in the country to get such an official certificate.The 35-year-old lawyer said: “Irrespective of what caste or religion they were born into, people with means should apply for the ‘no-casteno-religion’ status, so that economically weaker sections and individuals fighting for their basic rights would get their due without hassle.”She told TOI that she married author Parthibaraja “challenging a traditional marriage system”..