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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
VIJU ABRAHAM, J
SAVITHA T.K. – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF KERALA – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. petitioner claims caste status despite marriage conversion. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. legal contention regarding community certificate issuance. (Para 3 , 4) |
| 3. court views on caste immutability. (Para 6) |
| 4. final ruling on caste identity and community certificate. (Para 7) |
JUDGMENT
The above writ petition has been filed seeking for a declaration that the petitioner belongs to Pulayan Caste and is entitled to all the benefits of Pulayan Community, including the community certificate and further, for a direction to the 4th respondent to issue a community certificate to the petitioner showing that the petitioner belongs to the Scheduled Caste (SC) community.
2. The brief facts necessary for the disposal of the writ petition are as follows:
The petitioner is a person who belongs to the Hindu 'Pulayan' Community, which is a Scheduled Caste, included as a recognised Scheduled Caste community as per Second Schedule of the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950, a copy of which is produced as Ext.P1. The petitioner was born in the Pulayan community and she was raised as a Pulayan following the Hindu Pulayan customs and traditions with all the disadvantages attached to the caste. Sh
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