RADHAKRISHNAN, J.:- W.A. No. 2440 of 1999 is filed by the Kerala Public Service Commission against the interim order dated 30-9-1999 in C.M.P. No. 7368 of 1999 in O.P. No. 11028 of 1996 directing the Public Service Commission to advise Dr. K. R. Sreekala, for appointment as Assistant Civil Surgeon, provisionally, accepting the caste status claimed by her. If she is otherwise entitled to. When the Original Petition came up for hearing, learned single Judge referred the Original Petition for being heard along with the appeal. Hence we are disposing of the appeal as well as the Original Petition by a common order. We narrate the facts as stated in the Writ Petition.

2. Petitioner is a practising allopathy doctor. She passed her M.B.B.S. and was aspiring for higher studies. She applied for admission to P. G. Medical Course in the year 1992. She applied in the quota ear-marked for Scheduled Tribe. Petitioner's mother belongs to Hindu Malai Arayan community, which is a Scheduled Tribe community recognised by the Presidential Order. Petitioner's father belongs to Valan community, a Other Backward Class community in the State. In pursuance to her application she was permitted to ap