Article 341 - Scheduled Castes - Constitution of India

Article 341. Scheduled Castes.- (1) The President 1 [ may with respect to any State 2 [ or Union territory ] , and where it is a State 3 [***] , after consultation with the Governor 4 [***] thereof ] , by public 6 [ 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 5 [ or Union territory, as the case may be .] (2) Parliament 7 [ 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. **************** NOTES:- 1 . Substituted vide Article 10 of the Constitution (1st Amendment) Act, 1951 dated 18-06-1951 w.e.f. 18-06-1951, before it was read as, may, after consultation with the Governor or Rajpramukh of a State, 2 . Inserted vide Article 29 of the Constitution (7th Amendment) Act, 1956 dated 19-10-1956 , w.e.f. 01-11-1956. 3 . Omitted vide Article 29 of the Constitution (7th Amendment) Act, 1956 dated 19-10-1956 w.e.f. 01-11-1956, before it was read as, specified in Part A or Part B of the First Schedule 4 . Omitted vide Article 29 of the Constitution (7th Amendment) Act, 1956 dated 19-10-1956 w.e.f. 01-11-1956, before it was read as, or Rajpramukh 5 . Inserted vide Article 29 of the Constitution (7th Amendment) Act, 1956 dated 19-10-1956 , w.e.f. 01-11-1956. 6 . 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). 7 . See the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act, 1976 (Act 108 of 1976).