JUDGMENT

The captioned second appeals are by unsuccessful plaintiffs assailing the concurrent judgments rendered by both the Courts, wherein both the Courts have dismissed the suits filed by plaintiffs seeking relief of declaration that plaintiffs belong to Bhovi community which falls under Scheduled Caste category and for mandatory injunction to direct defendants to amend caste in the school records on the ground that the reliefs are barred under Section 9 of Civil Procedure Code.

2. For the sake of brevity, the parties are referred to as per their rank before the trial Court.

3. The facts leading to the case are as under:

Plaintiff in O.S.No.45/2019 claimed that at the time of institution of suit she was studying in final year B.Sc. at St. Philomin’s College, Mysuru. Plaintiff has studied from 3rd to 7th Standard at Fathima Higher Primary School, Kushalnagar and she has studied 8th Standard at Bharath Matha High School, Koppa. Plaintiff further studied 9th and 10th standard at Shanthinikethan High School, Kodagarahalli.

Plaintiff in O.S.No.44/2019 claimed that he studied from 1st to 4th standard at St. Marry’s school, Sunticoppa and from 5th to 7th standard, he studied at Fathima Hig