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Official source5. Æ>gêÅ…Væü (HyæþÐ@þ çÜÐ@þÆæÿ×ý) ^èþrtÐ@þ¬, 1956 Äñý¬MæüP 29Ð@þ òÜ„æü¯Œþ Ð@þ$ÇĶý¬ òÙyæþ*ÅÌŒý §éÓÆ> ^öí³µ…^èþºyìþ¯@þ¨.
6. ^èþ*yæþ$Ð@þ¬: Gç³µsìýMæü糚yæþ$ çÜÐ@þÇ…^èþºyìþ¯@þsìýt Æ>gêÅ…Væü (òÙyæþ*ÅË$z) E™èþ¢Ææÿ$Ð@þ#, 1950 (íÜ.K.19), Æ>gêÅ…Væü (òÙyæþ*ÅË$z Mæü$ËÐ@þ¬Ë)
(çÜ…çœ$¿¶ý*¿êVæüÐ@þ¬Ë) E™èþ¢Ææÿ$Ð@þ# (íÜ.K.32), Æ>gêÅ…Væü (fÐ@þÊà M>ÖÃÆæÿ$) òÙyæþ*ÅË$z Mæü$ËÐ@þ¬Ë E™èþ¢Ææÿ$Ð@þ#, 1956 (íÜ.K.52); Æ>gêÅ…Væü (§é{§é¯@þVæüÆŠÿ
çßýÐóþÎ) òÙyæþ*ÅË$z Mæü$ËÐ@þ¬Ë E™èþ¢Ææÿ$Ð@þ#, 1962 (íÜ.K.64); Æ>gêÅ…Væü (ç³#§æþ$^óþeÇ) òÙyæþ*ÅË$z Mæü$ËÐ@þ¬Ë E™èþ¢Ææÿ$Ð@þ#, 1964 (íÜ.K.68); Æ>gêÅ…Væü
(VøÐé, §éÐ@þ$¯Œþ Ð@þ$ÇĶý¬ yæþĶý¬Å) òÙyæþ*ÅË$z Mæü$ËÐ@þ¬Ë E™èþ¢Ææÿ$Ð@þ#, 1968 (íÜ.K.81) Ð@þ$ÇĶý¬ Æ>gêÅ…Væü (íÜMìüP…) òÙyæþ*ÅË$z Mæü$ËÐ@þ¬Ë E™èþ¢Ææÿ$Ð@þ#
1978 (íÜ.K.110).
7. Æ>gêÅ…Væü (JMæürÐ@þ çÜÐ@þÆæÿ×ý) ^èþrtÐ@þ¬, 1951 Äñý¬MæüP 11Ð@þ òÜ„æü¯Œþ ""Æ>çÙ‰Ð@þ¬ Äñý¬MæüP VæüÐ@þÆæÿ²Ææÿ$ ÌôýMæü Æ>f{ç³Ð@þ¬RŒý¯@þ$ çÜ…{糨…_¯@þ Ò$§æþr'' A¯@þ$
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8. ^èþ*yæþ$Ð@þ¬: Æ>gêÅ…Væü (òÙyæþ*ÅË$z gê™èþ$Ë) E™èþ¢Ææÿ$Ð@þ#, 1950 (íÜ.K.22), Æ>gêÅ…Væü (òÙyæþ*ÅË$z gê™èþ$Ë) (çÜ…çœ$¿¶ý*¿êVæüÐ@þ¬Ë) E™èþ¢Ææÿ$Ð@þ#, 1951
(íÜ.K.33); Æ>gêÅ…Væü (A…yæþÐ@þ*¯Œþ Ð@þ$ÇĶý¬ °Mø»êÆŠÿ©Ð@þ#Ë$) òÙyæþ*ÅË$z gê™èþ$Ë E™èþ¢Ææÿ$Ð@þ#, 1959 (íÜ.K.58); Æ>gêÅ…Væü (§é{§é Ð@þ$ÇĶý¬ ¯@þVæüÆŠÿçßýÐóþÎ)
òÙyæþ*ÅË$z gê™èþ$Ë E™èþ¢Ææÿ$Ð@þ#, 1962 (íÜ.K.65); Æ>gêÅ…Væü (òÙyæþ*ÅË$z gê™èþ$Ë) (E™èþ¢Ææÿ{ç³§óþÔŒý) E™èþ¢Ææÿ$Ð@þ#, 1967 (íÜ.K.78), Æ>gêÅ…Væü (VøÐé, yéÐ@þ$¯Œþ
Ð@þ$ÇĶý¬ yæþĶý¬Å òÙyæþ*ÅË$z gê™èþ$Ë E™èþ¢Ææÿ$Ð@þ#, 1968 (íÜ.K.82); Æ>gêÅ…Væü (¯éV>Ìê…yŠþ) òÙyæþ*ÅË$z gê™èþ$Ë E™èþ¢Ææÿ$Ð@þ#, 1970 (íÜ.K.88) Ð@þ$ÇĶý¬
Æ>gêÅ…Væü (íÜMìüP…) òÙyæþ*ÅË$z gê™èþ$Ë E™èþ¢Ææÿ$Ð@þ#, 1978 (íÜ.K.111).
215 THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
(Part XVI. - Special Provisions Relating To Certain Classes)
(2) Parliament may by law include in or exclude from the list of Scheduled Tribes
specified in a notification issued under clause (1) any tribe or tribal community or part of or
group within any tribe or tribal community, but save as aforesaid a notification issued under
the said clause shall not be varied by any subsequent notification.
1
[342A. Socially and educationally backward classes:- (1) The President may with respect
to any State or Union territory, and where it is a State, after consultation with the Governor
thereof, by public notification, specify 2[the socially and educationally backward classes in
the Central List which shall for the purposes of the Central Government] be deemed to be
socially and educationally backward classes in relation to that State or Union territory, as the
case may be.
(2) Parliament may by law include in or exclude from the Central List of,socially and
educationally backward classes specified in a notification issued under clause (1) any
socially and educationally backward class, but save as aforesaid a notification issued under
the said clause shall not be varied by any subsequent notification.]
3
[Explanation.- For the purposes of clauses (1) and (2), the expression “Central List”
means the list of socially and educationally backward classes prepared and maintained by
and for the Central Government.
(3) Notwithstanding any contained in clauses (1) and (2), every State or Union territory
may, by law, prepare and maintain, for its own purposes, a list of socially and educationally
backward classes, entries in which may be different from the Central List.]
1. Inserted by the Constitution (One Hundred and Second Amendment) Act, 2018, s.4 (w.e.f. 11.8.2018).
2. Substituted by the Constitution (One Hundred and Fifth Amendment) Act, 2021, s.3 (w.e.f. 15.9.2021).
3. Inserted by the Constitution (One Hundred and Fifth Amendment) Act, 2021, s. 3 (w.e.f. 15.9.2021).
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1. Æ>gêÅ…Væü (¯@þ*r Æðÿ…yæþÐ@þ çÜÐ@þÆæÿ×ý) ^èþrtÐ@þ¬, 2018 Äñý¬MæüP 4Ð@þ òÜ„æü¯Œþ §éÓÆ> 342H BÇtMæüÌŒý 11.08.2018 ¯èþ$…yìþ ^öí³µ…^èþºyìþ¯@þ¨.
2. Æ>gêÅ…Væü (¯@þ*r I§æþÐ@þ çÜÐ@þÆæÿ×ý) ^èþrtÐ@þ¬, 2021 Äñý¬MæüP 3Ð@þ òÜ„æü¯Œþ §éÓÆ> 15.09.2021 ¯@þ$…yìþ E…^èþºyìþ¯@þ¨.
3. Æ>gêÅ…Væü (¯@þ*r I§æþÐ@þ çÜÐ@þÆæÿ×ý) ^èþrtÐ@þ¬, 2021 Äñý¬MæüP 3Ð@þ òÜ„æü¯Œþ §éÓÆ> 15.09.2021 ¯@þ$…yìþ ^öí³µ…^èþºyìþ¯@þÑ.
216 THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
PART - XVII
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
CHAPTER - I.
LANGUAGE OF THE UNION
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