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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
DEVAN RAMACHANDRAN, BASANT BALAJI, JJ
KERALA PUBLIC ENTERPRISES [SELECTION AND RECRUITMENT] BOARD – Appellant
Versus
SHIBIN SAI A. – Respondent
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| 1. dispute over validity of pondicherry obc certificate for kerala thiyya reservation. (Para 2 , 3) |
| 2. no automatic presumption of thiyya equivalence between mahe and kerala. (Para 4 , 5 , 6 , 8) |
| 3. kerala caste certificate relevant; requires verification beyond self-declaration. (Para 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14) |
| 4. set aside declaration; direct reconsideration of claim with kerala certificate. (Para 15 , 16 , 17) |
The appellants assail the judgment of the learned Single Judge of this Court in W.P.(C) No.4654/2025, dated 28.11.2025, impelling several assertions; but primarily contending that a declaration as made therein was impermissible.
2. Sri.K.Anand, learned Senior counsel, assisted by Smt.Latha Anand - learned Standing Counsel for the appellants, argued that, when the 1st respondent could not establish that he is a member of the “Thiyya” community in Kerala, the direction in the judgment, that he still ought to be appointed into a post reserved for such caste, under the statutory mandate, is illegal and unlawful. The learned Senior counsel showed us that, the only certificate to prove the caste of the 1st respondent, produced before the appellants, is Ext.R3(f); in
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