[Civil Appeal No. 6126-6127 of 2013]. In these appeals, the legal issue which needs determination is identical. The background facts under which the said issue arises are also somewhat similar. Therefore, without being repetitive, it would serve our purpose to take note of the facts appearing in Civil Appeal Nos. 6126-6127 of 2013 in order to spell out the issue involved and decision thereupon shall govern both the appeals. The appellant in Civil Appeal Nos. 6126-6127 of 2013 is T. Kocha who claims to be the member of the Thandan Community, which is a Scheduled Caste in the State of Kerala. She applied for the post of High School Assistant (Physical Science) in a Government School under reserved category claiming herself to be the Scheduled Caste as belonging to Thandan Community. She was given appointment to the said post, after being successful in the selection process, w.e.f. 03.02.1989. There was some dispute about Thandans as members of the Scheduled Caste which travelled up to this Court and was decided in the case of Palghat Jilla Thandan Samudhaya Samrakshna Samithi and another v. State of Kerala and another
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