JUDGMENT :

VIJU ABRAHAM, J.

1. The above writ petition is filed challenging Exts.P7, P12, P14 and P15 and for a declaration that the petitioner belongs to the Paniya caste and is entitled to all the benefits of Paniya caste and for issuance of a community certificate.

2. Averment in the writ petition is as follows:

The petitioner is a B.Com student at Vimala College, Thrissur. She belongs to ‘Paniya’ community, which is a recognised Scheduled Tribe community as per Second Schedule to the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950. Relevant pages of the same produced as Ext.P1, would show that Paniya community is included as Serial No. 33 in the Second Schedule. The petitioner was born in Paniya community and was raised, following the tribal traditions with all the disadvantages attached to the tribe. The petitioner was residing at Nenmani, Sultan Bathery inside the Govindamala Tribal colony. Ext.P2 is the certificate issued by the Tribal Extension Officer, Sulthan Bathery dated 22.06.2011, which reveals that the mother of the petitioner has been granted an amount to the tune of Rs.42,000/- for construction of a residential building in a Scheme specifically meant for the members of the