(1) The President 1[may with respect to any
State [or Union territory], and where it is a State 3***, after consultation with
the Governor 4*** thereof], by public notification5, specify the castes, races or
tribes or parts of or groups within castes, races or tribes which shall for the
purposes of this Constitution be deemed to be Scheduled Castes in relation to
that State 2[or Union territory, as the case may be.]
(2) Parliament may by law include in or exclude from the list of
Scheduled Castes specified in a notification issued under clause (1) any caste,
race or tribe or part of or group within any caste, race or tribe, but save as
aforesaid a notification issued under the said clause shall not be varied by any
subsequent notification.
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5. See the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950 (C.O. 19), the Constitution
(Scheduled Castes) (Union Territories) Order, 1951 (C.O. 32), the Constitution
(Jammu and Kashmir) Scheduled Castes Order, 1956 (C.O. 52), the Constitution
(Dadra and Nagar Haveli) (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1962 (C.O. 64), the Constitution
(Pondicherry) Scheduled Castes Order, 1964 (C.O. 68), the Constitution (Goa, Daman
and Diu) Scheduled Castes Order, 1968 (C.O. 81) and the Constitution (Sikkim)
Scheduled Castes Order, 1978 (C.O. 110).
201 THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
Source: Constitution of India, Legislative Department, Government of India. Reproduced under Section 52(1)(q), Copyright Act 1957.