## CONSTITUTION 342A

### CONSTITUTION 342A — Socially and educationally backward classes
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> 1[342A. Socially and educationally backward classes.-(1) The
President may with respect to any State or Union territory, and where it is a State,
after consultation with the Governor thereof, by public notification, specify 2[the
socially and educationally backward classes in the Central List which shall for
the purposes of the Central Government] be deemed to be socially and
educationally backward classes in relation to that State or Union territory, as the
case may be.
(2) Parliament may by law include in or exclude from the Central List of
socially and educationally backward classes specified in a notification issued
under clause (1) any socially and educationally backward class, but save as
aforesaid a notification issued under the said clause shall not be varied by any
subsequent notification.]
3[Explanation.-For the purposes of clauses (1) and (2), the expression
"Central List" means the list of socially and educationally backward classes
prepared and maintained by and for the Central Government.
(3) Notwithstanding any contained in clauses (1) and (2), every State or
Union territory may, by law, prepare and maintain, for its own purposes, a list of
socially and educationally backward classes, entries in which may be different
from the Central List.]

1. Art 342 A ins. by the Constitution (One Hundred and Second Amendment) Act, 2018,
s. 4 (w.e.f. 15-8-2018).
2. Subs. by the Constitution (One Hundred and Fifth Amendment) Act, 2021, s. 3 for
socially and educationally backward classes which shall for the purposes of the
Constitution (w.e.f. 15-9-2021).
3. Ins. by the Constitution (One Hundred and Fifth Amendment) Act, 2021, s. 3
(w.e.f. 15-9-2021).
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