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These writ petitions have been filed by the same petitioner, based on the same issue. Therefore, these writ petitions are heard together and disposed of by a common judgment. W.P.(C) No.20509/2019 has been filed seeking to quash Ext.P27 Report of Vigilance Officer, Directorate of KIRTADS, Ext.P30 order of the Scrutiny Committee for Verification of Community Certificates and Ext.P31 order of the Additional Secretary to Government of Kerala. W.P.(C) No.12922/2020 has been filed seeking to quash Exts.P3, P4 and P16 reports. The petitioner also seeks to quash Ext.P17 order and Ext.P19 report. The parties and documents are referred to in this judgment as they appear in WP(C) No.12922/2020.

2. According to the petitioner, her paternal ancestors belonged to ‘‘Puthirai Vannan’’ community and migrated from Tamil Nadu to Kerala before the year 1930 and settled at Moongalar Estate in Idukki District. As per the Constitution Scheduled Castes Order, the community Puthirai Vannan is a Scheduled Caste in both the States of Tamil Nadu and Kerala. The grandfathers of the petitioner had no elementary education. In Ext.P1 School Admission Register in respect of the peti