District Administration Office, Salyan .......................................................................................1 District Administration Office, Bajura .......................................................................................1 District Administration Office, Bajhang ....................................................................................1 District Administration Office, Achham ....................................................................................1 District Administration Office, Doti ...........................................................................................1 District Administration Office, Kailali ........................................................................................1 District Administration Office, Kanchanpur .............................................................................1 District Administration Office, Dadeldhura ..............................................................................1 District Administration Office, Baitadi ..................................................................................... 1 District Administration Office, Darchula ..................................................................................1 dignity and Rights. Likewise, Article 2 guarantees that no distinction shall be made on the basis of race, color or so on. Article 3 provides the right to life, liberty and the security of person. Article 7 of the declaration provides the right to equality, Article 15 (1) provides right to nationality and Article 22 guarantees the right to social security. Likewise, Article 1 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966 guarantees the right to selfdetermination, Article 6 guarantees the inherent right to life and Article 9 guarantees the right to liberty and security of person. Likewise, Article 1 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights guarantees the right of selfdetermination and Article 9 provides the right to social security and social insurance. Article 2 (1) of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of racial Discrimination (ICERD) imposes the obligation on the state parties to condemn racial discrimination and undertake to pursue by all appropriate means and without delay a policy of eliminating racial discrimination in all its forms. Article 2 (1) (d) imposes obligation to prohibit and bring to an end racial discrimination by all appropriate means, including legislation as required. Article 2(2) imposes obligation to take special and concrete measures to guarantee the full and equal enjoyment of human rights and Article 3 provides obligation to condemn racial segregation. Article 5 also imposes an obligation to eliminate all forms of Discrimination. Since Nepal is also a state party of the above-mentioned Conventions, it is the obligation of the respondents and the whole country Nepal to guarantee them pursuant to the Section 9 of the Treaty Act, 1991. Likewise, the preamble of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Nepal emphasizes on the guarantee of human rights and equality and political, economic and social justice. The Article 8 and 9 of the Constitution provide about citizenship. Article 11 (1), (2) and (3) of the constitution provide right to equality whereas Article 11(4) guarantees that no person shall, on the basis of caste, be discriminated against as untouchable. Article 12 provides fundamental right of personal liberty and Article 12 (2) (e) provides the freedom to practice Among we, petitioners Dalit NGO Federation is the federation of the Non Governmental Organizations established with the objectives of uplifting the Dalit communities that compose of the one fourth of the total population of the country and that are socially oppressed, economically exploited, politically neglected and bringing these communities in the mainstream of the national development. For uplifting the Dalits, it has been providing, in addition to its other objectives, necessary legal assistance for the protection, promotion and restitution of fundamental and constitutional rights and human rights of the Dalits. It is the Federation of Dalit NGO Federation working for the elimination of all kinds of discrimination based on race. Among the petitioners both of us advocates Bimal Bishwokarma and Luma Singh Bishowkarma and advocated Mamita Nepali, Rajan Sunar, Gomati Sunar and Bhoj Man Lamgade are legal practitioners. We are working for the establishment of society based on equality by providing legal aid to the helpless, neglected and oppressed classes to protect their rights and bringing into an end of the existing racial (cast) discrimination of untouchability, In Nepal, the discrimination of untouchability based on caste exists in practice even today. Almost a quarter of the total population of Nepal has been the victim of untouchability in society due to the mention of caste or on the ground of caste. Dalit communities have been compelled to live as a second class citizen on the ground of caste. It has been obvious that the discrimination of untouchability practiced in society from the tradition has been sustained because the people of those communities are compelled to write their occupational caste/race reflecting rationality. The Dalit communities have different surname (family name) similar to those of the peoples of other communities. Such different surnames (family names) have been revealed from the study conducted by the National Dalit Commission. The preamble of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948, accepting the human value and dignity as fundamental human rights, has guaranteed that all human beings are equal in 3 Compilation of Selected Decisions of Supreme Court on CITIZENSHIP and BIRTH REGISTRATION