Supreme Court of India

T. Kocha v. State of Kerala & Ors.

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Reported as [2016] 3 S.C.R. 368
Bench A.K. Sikri and R.K. Agrawal JJ.
Decided 13 April 2016

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons stated above, these appeals succeed and are 377 c 378 L SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2016] 3 S.C.R. accordingly allowed.

Judgment, page 10

From the headnote

Social status: Thandan community - Appellant applied for the post of High School Assistant in a Government School under reserved category claiming herself to be Scheduled Ca.,fe as belonging to Thandan Community - She was appointed to the said post on 3.2.1989 - However, subsequentZv Vigilance Cell held that she did not belong to Thandan Community but was a member of Ezhava!Thiyya Community and therefore was not a person belonging to Scheduled Caste Community - In the instant appeals, the issue in dispute is regarding the status of appellant as to whether she belongs to Thandmi Community or

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