India, Oct. 26 -- Classifications in Presidential notifications are state-specific and based on the socio-economic conditions of communities in the respective states, and a person migrating to another state does not carry the Scheduled Caste (SC) or Scheduled Tribe (ST) status enjoyed in the state of origin, the Orissa High Court has said.

Quashing a letter issued by the district registrar-cum-additional district magistrate (ADM) of Mayurbhanj over land sale deed executed by a Jharkhand man, the HC said a person belonging to a caste notified as an SC in one state cannot automatically claim the same status, or be treated as an ST, in another state.

"The Presidential notification containing the lists of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe...