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 notification 5 , 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 6 [or Union territory, as the case may be.] (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. ****************************** Notes : 1. Substituted by the Constitution (First Amendment) Act, 1951, Section 11, for "may, after consultation with the Governor or Rajpramukh of a State,". 2. Inserted by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, Section 29 and Schedule 3. The words and letters "specified in Part A or Part B of the First Schedule" omitted by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, Section 29 and Schedule 4. The words "or Rajpramukh" omitted by Section 29 and Schedule , ibid. 5. 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). 6. Inserted by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, Section 29 and Schedule