The Chief Justice.-Article 330(1) of the Constitution provides that seats Shall be reserved in the House of the People for the Scheduled Castes. Article 332(1) similarly provides for the reservation of seats for the Scheduled Castes in the Legislative Assembly of every State. The expression "Scheduled Castes" is defined in Article 366, clause 24, as meaning

"Such castes races or tribes or parts of or groups within such castes, races or tribes as are deemed under Article 341 to be scheduled castes for the purpose of this Constitution."

Article 341(1) now runs as follows:

"The President may, with respect to any State, or where it is a State specified in Part A or Part B of the First Schedule, after consultation with the Governor or Rajapramukh thereof, by public notification, 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."

In exercise of the powers conferred by clause(1) of Article 341, the President made an order called the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950. The material provisions of this Order are paragraphs 2 and 3 wh