## CONSTITUTION 341

### CONSTITUTION 341 — Scheduled Castes
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> 341. Scheduled Castes.-(1) The President 4[may with respect to any
State 5[or Union territory], and where it is a State 2***, after consultation with

1. Ins. by the Constitution (One Hundred and Fifth Amendment) Act, 2021, s. 2
(w.e.f. 15-9-2021).
2. The words and letters for "specified in Part A or Part B of the First Schedule" omitted by
the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 29 and Sch. (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).
3. Subs. by s. 29 and Sch. ibid. for "any such State" (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).
4. Subs. by the Constitution (First Amendment) Act, 1951, s. 10, for "may, after
consultation with the Governor or Rajpramukh of a State" (w.e.f. 18-6-1951).
5. Ins. by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 29 and Sch.
(w.e.f. 1-11-1956).
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the Governor 1*** thereof], by public notification2, 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 3[or Union territory, as the case may be.]
(2) Parliament 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.