Article 342 - Scheduled Tribes - Constitution of India

Article 342. Scheduled Tribes.- (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 tribes or tribal communities or part of or groups within tribes or tribal communities which shall for the purposes of this Constitution be deemed to be Scheduled Tribes 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 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. ******************* 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 Tribes) Order, 1950 (C.O.22), the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) (Union Territories) Order, 1951 (C.O.33), the Constitution (Andaman and Nicobar Islands) Scheduled Tribes Order, 1959 (C.O.58), the Constitution (Dadra and Nagar Haveli) Scheduled Tribes Order, 1962 (C.O.65), the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) (Uttar Pradesh) Order, 1967 (C.O.78), the Constitution (Goa, Daman and Diu) Scheduled Tribes Order, 1968 (C.O.82), the Constitution (Nagaland) Scheduled Tribes Order, 1970 (C.O.88) and the Constitution (Sikkim) Scheduled Tribes Order, 1978 (C.O.111). 7 . See the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act, 1976 (Act 108 of 1976).