IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN WEDNESDAY, THE 27TH AUGUST 2008 / 5TH BHADRA 1930 WP(C).No. 25767 of 2008(P) -------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------ P.VIPIN, S/O.CHERIYA CHAKKI, RESIDING AT MATTIL PURAYIL HOUSE, PALLIKKAL, MALAPPURAM DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.V.V.SURENDRAN SRI.P.A.HARISH RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE KERALA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, REPRESENTED BY ITS DISTRICT OFFICER, PALAKKAD. 3. THE TAHASILDAR, THIRURANGADI TALUK, MALAPPURAM DISTRICT. BY SPL.GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI.C.T.RAVIKUMAR THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 27/08/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: S.SIRI JAGAN, J ================== W.P(C)No.25767 of 2008 ================== Dated this the 27th day of August, 2008. J U D G M E N T The petitioner is an aspirant for employment as H.S.A. 'Physical Education' for which the 1st respondent P.S.C. has conducted a selection for inclusion of the petitioner in the rank list in the reservation category for schedule castes. The petitioner requires a community certificate. The petitioner claims to be belonging to the Kanakkan caste which is recognised as a scheduled caste in the State of Kerala. The petitioner's contention is that as is evident from Exts.P1 and P2 which are the copies of the SSLC certificate and community certificate issue to the petitioner earlier in 2001, the petitioner belongs to the Hindu - Kanakkan community. The petitioner also submits that the petitioner was brought up as and recognised in the community as a Kanakkan. The petitioner therefore seeks a direction to he 3rd respondent to issue to the petitioner a community certificate showing the petitioner as Hindu - Kanakkan scheduled caste community for production before the P.S.C. 2. I have heard the learned Counsel for the petitioner as W.P(C)No.25767 of 2008 - 2 - also the learned Government Pleader. In the writ petition, the petitioner himself admits that his father is a Thiyya and his mother belongs to Kanakkan caste. The Supreme Court has held that the caste of a person is to be determined based on the caste of his father. When admittedly, the petitioner's father is a Thiyya, he cannot claim that he should be given a community certificate following the caste of his mother. Therefore, I do not find any merit in this writ petition and accordingly, the same is dismissed. S.SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE rhs