JUDGMENT :

S. Manikumar, J.

Petitioner, claiming to be a lawyer by profession and a member of the Roman Catholic community, a recognized minority community in the State, has filed the instant public interest writ petition challenging the Kerala State Commission for Minorities (Amendment) Act, 2017, on the ground that it violates Article 14 of the Constitution of India.

2. Reliefs sought for in the writ petition are as under:

(i) Issue a writ in the nature of Certiorari or any other Writ, Order, of direction, quashing Exhibit-P1 amendment Act, the same being unreasonable, arbitrary and violative of Articles 14 and 13(2) of the Constitution of India.

(ii) Issue a declaration that the appointment of persons from the same minority community as members of the Kerala State Minority Commission is unconstitutional and void.

(iii) Issue a writ in the nature of Mandamus or any other Writ, Order or direction, directing the 1st respondent Government to reconstitute the 2nd respondent Commission by including persons from different minority communities in Commission.

3. Brief facts leading to the filing of the instant writ petition are that; petitioner approached this Court earlier by filing W.P.(C) (c