Article 4 - Insertion of new article 342A - Constitution (102nd Amendment) Act, 2018

Insertion of new article 342A. 4 . After article 342 of the Constitution, the following article shall be inserted, namely:- Socially and educationally backward classes. 342A. (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 the socially and educationally backward classes which shall for the purposes of this Constitution 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. . **************** NOTES:- 1. Shall come into force w.e.f. 14th day of August, 2018 vide S.O. 3989(E) dated 14-01-2018