The 2nd petitioner is the daughter of the 1st petitioner who has appeared for the entrance examination conducted by the Commissioner of Entrance Examinations termed as 'KEAM 2015', for admission to professional degree courses. The 2nd petitioner seeks admission as a Scheduled Caste candidate in the reservation set apart for such Scheduled Castes.

2. The petitioners' Scheduled Caste status was, in the earlier year, rejected by the Anthropological Report of the Kerala Institute for Research, Training and Development Studies (KIRTADS) for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes constituted under the Kerala (Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes) Regulation of Issue of Community Certificates Act, 1996 (for brevity the 'Act'). The same is produced at Ext.P8. The petitioner filed a revision under Section 13 of the Act which has also been unsuccessful, as is evident at Ext.P20. The petitioners assail Exts.P8 and P20.

3. Though the petitioners seek for an interim order, this Court is of the opinion that the matter itself has to be heard since declining the interim order would prejudice the 2nd petitioner, if, eventually the writ petition is allowed. A provisional order for treatment as a