Ext.P19. The Court found that the 1st petitioner was born at Ponnani Taluk, and was brought up at Veliyamcode and Eramangalam in the Ponnani Taluk, and he had no connection whatsoever with Kannur. Therefore, the contention to the contrary that the 1st petitioner was brought up in the milieu of the Thiyyas (the OBC Community at Kannur), was found to be without any material basis whatsoever. It was specifically noticed in the impugned judgment that the petitioners ancestors' had suffered the disadvantage and disability attached to a person belonging to the Scheduled Caste, Padanna Community. Moreover the members of the Padanna Community unhesitatingly accepted the petitioners as one of their own. According to the learned Judge the social disabilities which the petitioners suffered are the same as those, currently suffered by the members of the Padanna Community, but obviously, it would not be relatable to the indignity and the untouchability prevalent in an earlier era. In other words, the disadvantages attached to a person belonging to a Scheduled Caste Community was held to be suffered by the petitioners, and the finding to the contrary were found to be without any material basis.
