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2013 Supreme(Ker) 638

K.VINOD CHANDRAN
A. Lavya Minor represented by Her Father& Natural Guardian Aringalayan Manoharan @ Manoj – Appellant
Versus
Director of Medical Education – Respondent


Advocate Appeared:
For the Petitioner:G. Krishnakumar, D.R. Balakrishna Prabhu, Mrs. P.M. Naseema, K.A. Ani Joseph, Advocates.
For the Respondents:R1, R3, R6 & R7 Mrs. Lalyvincent, Special Government Pleader, R2, P.B. Suresh Kumar, Senior Advocate, Leo George, R4, P. Sreekumar, Standing Counsel, R5, R.S. Kalkura, M.S. Kalesh, Mrs. A.V. Priya, Harish Gopinath, Advocates.

Judgment :

1. The petitioner challenges the withholding of her admission to the Bachelor of Physiotherapy course, in the Entrance Examination, the allotment of which is to be done by the 2nd respondent. Admittedly the petitioner was a candidate to the para-medical course, to which she applied in the academic year 2013-14 pursuant to Exhibit P1 Prospectus. She, on the basis of the Community Certificate (Exhibit P3) issued under the Kerala (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Regulation of Issue of Community Certificates Act, 1996 [hereinafter referred to as "Act 11 of 1996"] set up a claim of reservation as member of the Pulaya Community. However, the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations by Exhibit P8 informed the petitioner that her Community Certificate was scrutinized by the Screening Committee and that the same is sent for Anthropological investigation to the Vigilance Officer of the Kerala Institute for Research, Training and Development Studies (KIRTADS) for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.

2. The application status of the petitioner was withheld as per Exhibit P9, against which she approached this Court and obtained an interim order for keeping one vacancy reserved















































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