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•THE CONSTITUTION (SCHEDULED CASTES) ORDER

•(AMENDMENT) BILL, 2021

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•further to amend the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950 to modify the list of

•Scheduled Castes in the State of Tamil Nadu.

•BE it enacted by Parliament in the Seventy-second Year of the Republic of India as

•follows:—

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17.Devendrakulathan

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26.Kadaiyan

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28.Kalladi

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35.Kudumban

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49.Pallan

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54.Pannadi

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72.Vathiriyan

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•LOK SABHA

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•further to amend the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950 to modify the list

•of Scheduled Castes in the State of Tamil Nadu.

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•(Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot, Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment)

•MGIPMRND—1412LS—12.02.2021.

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1.(1) This Act may be called the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order (Amendment)

•Act, 2021.

(2)It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification

•in the Official Gazette, appoint.

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commencement.

•Bill No. 18 of 2021

•AS INTRODUCED IN LOK SABHA

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2.In the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950, in the Schedule, in Part XVI.—

•Tamil Nadu,—

(a)for entry 17, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—

•"17. DevendrakulaVelalar [Devendrakulathan, Kadaiyan (excluding in the

•coastal areas of Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi, Ramanathapuram, Pudukottai,

•Thanjavur, Tiruvarur and Nagapattinam districts), Kalladi, Kudumban, Pallan,

•Pannadi, Vathiriyan]";

(b)for entry 26, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—

•"26. Kadaiyan (in the districts of Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi,

•Ramanathapuram, Pudukottai, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur and Nagapattinam)";

(c)entries 28, 35, 49, 54 and 72 shall be omitted.

•Amendment

•of

•Constitution

•(Scheduled

•Castes) Order,

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1950.

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•STA TEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS

•In accordance with the provisions of clause (1) of article 341 of the Constitution, six

•Presidential Orders were issued specifying Scheduled Castes in respect of various States

•and Union territories. These Orders have been amended from time to time by Acts of Parliament

•enacted under clause (2) of article 341 of the Constitution.

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2.The State Government of Tamil Nadu has proposed certain modifications in the list

•of Scheduled Castes, by way of grouping of seven castes, which presently exist therein as

•separate castes in the said list as under:

•"DevendrakulaVelalar [Devendrakulathan, Kadaiyan (excluding in the coastal

•areas of Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi, Ramanathapuram, Pudukottai, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur

•and Nagapattinam districts), Kalladi, Kudumban, Pallan, Pannadi, Vathiriyan]"; and

•"Kadaiyan (in the districts of Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi, Ramanathapuram,

•Pudukottai, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur and Nagapattinam)".

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3.It is also proposed to consequentially omit the redundant entries from the said list

•in view of the aforementioned grouping.

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4.The Registrar General of India has conveyed concurrence to the proposed

modifications.

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5.In order to give effect to the above changes, it is necessary to amend the Constitution

•(Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950 in respect of the State of Tamil Nadu.

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6.The Bill seeks to achieve the aforesaid objectives.

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•EW DELHI; THAAW ARCHAND GEHLOT.

•The 11th February, 2021.

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•ANNEXURE

•EXTRACTS FROM THE CONSTITUTION (SCHEDULED CASTES) ORDER, 1950

•(C.O. 19)

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•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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•PART XVI.—Tamil Nadu

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