(Updated in 2024) [As Amended by Act NO. 6 OF 2024 dt. 15/02/2024 - Amendment in Part III Act NO. 24 OF 2023 dt.14/08/2023 - Amendment in SCHEDULE (Part XXIII ) and C.O. 19 Act 8 of 2022, dt.08/04/2022] [10th August, 1950] In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of Article 341 of the Constitution of India, the President, after consultation with the Governors and Rajpramukhs of the States concerned, is pleased to make the following Order, namely: --

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S.1

This Order may be called the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950.

S.2

Subject to the provisions of this Order, the castes, races or tribes or parts of, or groups within, castes or tribes specified in ¹[Parts to ²[XXV]] of the Schedule to this Order shall, in relation to the States to which those Parts respectively relate, be deemed to be Scheduled Castes so far as regards member thereof resident in the localities specified in relation to them in those Parts of that Schedule.

S.3

Notwithstanding anything contained in paragraph 2, no person who professes a religion different from the Hindu ²[, the Sikh or the Buddhist] religion shall be deemed to be a member of a Scheduled Caste.]

S.4

Any reference in this Order to a State or to a district or other territorial division thereof shall be construed as a reference to the State, district or other territorial division as constituted on the 1st day of May, 1976.]

S.THE SCHEDULE

S.Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order (Amendment) Act, 2023 All Amendments Incorporated at Appropriate place

MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE (Legislative Department)

New Delhi, the 14th August, 2023/Sravana 23, 1945 (Saka) The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 12th August, 2023 and is hereby published for general information:--

THE CONSTITUTION (SCHEDULED CASTES) ORDER (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2023 NO. 24 OF 2023 [12th August, 2023.]

An Act further to amend the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950 to modify the list of Scheduled Castes in the State of Chhattisgarh. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Seventy-fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-- Short title. 1. This Act may S.Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Orders (Amendment) Act, 2024 All Amendments Incorporated at Appropriate place MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE (Legislative Department) New Delhi, the 15th February, 2024/Magha 26, 1945 (Saka) The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 15th February, 2024 and is hereby published for general information:-- THE CONSTITUTION (SCHEDULED CASTES AND SCHEDULED TRIBES) ORDERS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2024 NO. 6 OF 2024 [15th February, 2024.] An Act further to amend the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950 and the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950 to modify the list of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tri