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women belonging to the Vokkaliga community. Until the Miller Committee report was
made public, the Vokkaliga leaders knew that the Brahmins were over represented in
the Government jobs, whereas the Vokkaliga representation was dismal. The Miller
Committee report to substantiate this gave statistics of the following

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Caste Year Salary Rs.25- Rs.50- Rs.101- Rs.251- Rs.451- 1911
Rs.<25 50 100 250 450 800 Census

Brahmins 1916 4903 2232 634 299 106 40
1917 5171 2481 639 321 -- -- 1,93,137
1918 5407 2891 882 882 -- --
Lingayats 1916 340 43 11 11 4 2

1917 392 52 17 11 2 2 7.28571
1918 412 50 25 10 5 2
Vokkaligas 1916 222 40 17 6 2 --
1917 241 46 18 3 2 -- 13,28,237
1918 258 18 04 4 3 --

The above statistics clearly indicated that the Vokkaligas were placed in a
disadvantageous position in relation to even Lingayats. Particularly in the highest paid
posts which were meant for locals, which numbered around 42 posts, 40 were held by
Brahmins, 2 by Lingayats and none by Vokkaligas.

When the Miller Committee report was made public naturally the Brahmin officialdom
opposed it. In the face of this opposition the Government sought the opinion of various
Departmental Heads, which were held mostly by Brahmins, except two namely, the
Education Department headed by C.R. Reddy and Revenue Department headed by
K Chandy .The Brahmin Heads of the Departments unitedly opposed the implementation
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of the report of the Miller Committee. H. Chanaiah who was a member of the Miller
Committee strongly supported the implementation of the recommendation of the Miller
Committee. Two leading newspapers of the State, namely, Vrutanta Patrike and Mysore
Star campaigned for the implementation of the recommendations .
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Rutanta Patrike demanded that all Brahmin officers who had attained 55 years of age
be removed from their posts to accommodate qualified non-Brahmins .
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Around this time in Madras Presidency there were 199 District Munsif Courts out
of which 152 munsif posts were held by Brahmins. To offset this imbalance Madras
Government had put a ban on the recruitment of candidates from among the Brahmin
community for the next five years . Vokkaligas demanded that such a policy should be
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adopted in Mysore. There were instances in Mysore State where within 8 to 10 years a
Brahmin had reached from the lower position to high position of the State administration.
All such cases of nepotism were highlighted by a local paper like Mysore Star and
demanded to retrench Brahmin officers who had indulged in nepotism .
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