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C.B.OI) No. 236 LOK SABHA THE SCHEDULED CASTES AND SCHEDULED TRIBES ORDERS (AMENDMENT) BILL, 1967 (Report of the Joint Committee) [Presented on the 17th November, 1969] LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT NEW DELHI November, iptyfKartUta, 18 9 s (Saka) Price I Rs» 3 *9 0 P« ... LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT , ' ooaaiGa^w |p ’ 4 TO TH3 HEPOfil'OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE C.K TH-5 SCHEDULED CASTES .SCHEDULED THI3ES OhDEdS ( dMENEMSNT) BILL, 196? • • • • • • ~ 1. Page ( i ) , line 12,. fleifitfi * *n' .. 2. Page ( vlv. line '*£ f ron bottom before 1 Published add ’ *' (in th<? foot-note) 3. Page (v i), line IS, l a x 1 Island’ rt-ad .'Xsl0nds’ 4* Page (Ix ), line 9 fron^otton fljfter 1 whether1 jLngnrt ’ a’ 5. Fage (x ii), lin e’ 4, fax ' Ch^kiliyan' mad * Chpkkilivan1 ' • *’ " < . 1 t . 6. Page (x ii), line 11- from bottom for ’ Mpgpl1 read. ‘ Moger1 7* Page ( xLv), line 3-f^otn. bottom for ‘ charges’ read * change^1 &*- Pnge (x x v iii), line 5 fro® bottom for ’^eccTrt1 read ’ except* and for. J r ‘ 9* Fage ( x x v iii), line 8 from bottom for -’-Banarps’ read ’Banjaras’. , ' ■ "■ ■' ‘v ' . ^ ------= - Page (xxix), line 17 f^cm bottom for '(ii) M-etLoc'thr culture1 gnKgf.i ( £ ii) Gc^grqphiroal^ijB^lation1 11. Page (xxxvi), line 21, for 1 r:?,lti.;ns' read ’ relations1 12. Page •( xxxviii) ,- lines 8 rind 9. for ’ thp’ and ’ l i 1 read ’ those* and ’ l i s t '. respectively. 13. Page (xxxyiii), l i n e -5 fr^m bottom for ^poli-cy*—read 1 policy* 14. Page (XLI), line 17, fop ' Vid?rbh' rrad 1 Vidarbha1 15. Page (XLI), for linr 3. substitutc. 1 in the Schedule of Andhra as they suffer from untcuch.<ibili ty; Tsjsicaste’ ‘ ~ 16. Page (XLIII), line 34, f-vr ’ Gargo* read ’ Garc’ 17. Page (XLIV), line ll..frrn bottom for ‘ Chaknrakac’ha U U * rfifld 1 Chakm aka chari ^ " r -■ 3S. Page ( XLV), line 2 fr^m botton f^r * EHONSING M. Ti\NGMA« . rcoH » EMON SING M. 3 W GM^» • V 39* Page (XLVT).*, line 30, after ’ of*, insert * page1 2 : - BILL AS REPORTED 20. Page 19* lin e 33 for ’Division' read ’Divisions’ . 21. Page 33* lin e 7 , for ’district* read 'districts'. 22. Page 33* lin e 2U-t for ’ Koiiara' read ' Loiiara’ . APPENDIX I 23* Page ^7, line 6, for ’readujstraent’ read readjus'tment' and lin e 9 * for ’ Couuititee’ read ’ Qnnmi 1 APPENDIX III 2*+* Page 53* lin e 16, for ’ Saaja Nayyurak’ read ’ Samaj Navyuvak’ • 25. Page 5^* lin e 2 from bottom, after ’ Kerala’ in sert • ’ Hindu’ 26, Page 55* lin e 8 , for 1 Shanka* read ’ Sbauka’ 27* Page 55* lin e 18, f o r 8Haryaba ’ read ’ Haryana1 28. Page 55* lin es 19 and' 2$, fo r ’ Kherala’ and ’ AllepJay^ read ’Karala’ and ’Aixeppy’ lin e 2 1 , for ’ Visakb^ptana’ read ’ Visakhapatnam’ lin e 26, for ’Bhi»rat D^nshiya’ read ’Bharatbarshiya' line 30, for ’Kc'Ja 3*tha’ re£& ’ Mahasabha’ lin e 38, ’afta? ’I. Talavesaa’ insert (’) 29. Page 57* lin e 2 , fo r 1 Ra;?iiatry&' read ’ Kashatrya’ lin e 9, for ’ Pi*xuanik’ read ’ Pra&anik’ lin e 2U-, for ’Mahji’ read ’Majhi’ 30. Page 58, line 6 from bottom fo r ’ Churachandur* read ’ Churachandpur *. ' 31. Page 59, line 9, for ’Kutia’ read ’Katia’ lin e 2 from bottom fo r ’ Wij ayawada’ read ’ Vijayawada’ 32. Page 61, line 11 from bottom for iRaoavtar’ read ’Rittayatar’ — ! 3 5 - ^I-MDXX X-V 33. Page 63, line 29, for ’ IChobragade* read ’ Khobar agade1 34. I-age 65, 16.'Study Group VIII, for * Arumuguam’ read ’ Arumugnm’ 35. Page 66, line 6, fo r ’Kurrr e1 read ’ Kurre’ 36. Page 82, line 7, for ’ Secretary’ read ’ Secretary* 37. Page 82, line 9, for ’ no* read 'not1 38. Pag6 108, line 14, for ’Mnipur’ read ’Manipur* 39. Page 118, after line 23, insert ‘ Col.2, £ciX "Bawat" substitute - "Shenva-Hawat" and omit line 26. 40. Fage 130, line 20, after1 amendments1 add Here* 41. Fage 133, line 12, £a£ ’ be1 raad ’ being* 42. Page 137, line 17 from bottom for ’ animsts1 read ’ animists* line 2 from bottom for ’ Gujrat* read ’ Gujarat* 43. Pag6 143. 32, for ’ Rajgoud’ r^ad ’ Rajgoadr; and line 33, for * amendment’ mad ’ pmended’ 44. Fage 146, line 15, delete ’ or group within that caste, race or tribe* 45. Page 146, add the following foot-note s- ’@Spq foot-note on page 145’ 46. Pages 153 and 154, lines 37 and 7, for * lirpura* read * Tripura’ 47. Page 155, line 23, for ’ Councel1 rspd ’ Counsel* 48. Page 157, line 20, for ’ SLdayya’ read ’ Siddayya’ line 5 from bottom for ’ Council’ read ’ Counsel’ 49. Page 159, line 7, for ’ thir’ re»ad ’ their’ line 9 from bottom for 1 delibration* read ’ deliberation-.* New Delhi; M.C. CHAWLA the 26th December, 1969. D B ‘UT¥ SECRETARY. CONTENTS Page 1. C omposition of thb Joint C ommittee (i) 2. R eport of thb Joint Committee . (v) 3. M inutbs of D issent . (xxii) 4. B i l l as rbpoktbd by the Joint Committee . j Appendix 1. Motion in Lok Sabha for refer 4nee of the Bill to Joint Committee 47 Appendix II. Motion in Rajya Sabha . 49 Appbndix III. Statement of memoranda/representations received by the Joint Committee.......................................... 50 Appbndix IV. Names of places in various States visited by the members of the Study groups of the Joint Committee for an on-the-spot study visits . • ............................................................. 63 Appendix V. List of parties who gave evidence before the Joint Committee . ......................................................................... 67 APPENDIX VI. Minutes of sittings of the Joint Committee 69 JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE SCHEDULED CASTES AND SCHEDULED TRIBES ORDERS (AMENDMENT) BILL, 1967 COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE Shri Anil K. Chanda—Chairman. M e m b e r s Lok Sabha 2. Shri R. S. Arumugam 3. Shri C. K. Chakrapani 4. Shri N. T. Das 5. Shri G. Y. Krishnan 6. Shri N. R. Laskar 7. Shri Raja Venkatappa Naik 8. Shri J. H. Patel 9. Shri Deorao S. Patil 10. Shri Trilokshah Lai Priendra Shah 11. Smt. Rajni Devi 12. Shri Ram Charan 13. Shrimati B. Radhabai Ananda Rao 14. Shri J. B. Muthyal Rao 15. Shri K. Subravelu 16. Shri P. R. Thakur 17. Shri Ramchandra Ulaka 18. Shri M. G. Uikey 19. Shri S. M. Siddayya 20. Shri Kartik Oraon 21. Shri Hukam Chand Kachwai *22. Shri P. Govinda Menon. Rajya Sabha 23. Shri Neki Ram 24. Shri D. D. Kurre 25. Shri K. S. Chavda @26. Shri Kota Punnaiah 27. Shri Sheel Bhadra Yajee 28. Shri Emonsing M. Sangma 29. Dr. (Smt.) Phulrenu Guha 30. Shri Lokamith Misra •Appointed w. e. f. 14th Novem’xtr, 1968, n e t Shri Ashoka Mehta resigned. 'S)Appointed w. c. f. 30th August, 1968 vice Shri D. Sanjivayya resigned. (iv) 31. Shri B. Yella Reddy , 32. Shri B. D. Khobaragade 33. Shri Sunder Singh Bhandari. L e g is l a t iv e C o u n s e l 1. Shri S. K. Maitra, Joint Secretary and Legislative Counsel Ministry of Law. 2. Shri R. N. Shinghal, Deputy Legislative Counsel, Ministry of Law. R epresentatives o f t h e D e p a r t m e n t o f S o c ia l W e l f a r e 1. Shri N. Sundaram, Joint Secretary, Department of Social W elfare. 2. Shri R. D. Sonkar, Deputy Secretary, Department of Social W elfare. 4. Shri M. P. Rodrigues, Under Secretary, Department of Social Welfare. .. 4. Shri S. K. Kaul, Officer on Special Duty, Department of Social W elfare. S e c r e t a r ia t Shri M. C. Chawla— Deputy Secretary. REPORT OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE 1. the Chairman of the Joint Committee to which the Bill* to provide for the inclusion in, and the exclusion from, the lists o£ Scheduled Castes and Schedued Tribes, of certain castes and tribes, for the readjustment of representation, and re-delimitation ol parliamentary and assembly constituencies in aa far as such readjustment and re-delimitation are necessitated by such inclusion or exclusion and for matters connected therewith was referred, having been authorised to submit the Report on their behalf, present their Report with the Bill, as amended by the Committee, annexed thereto. 2. The Bill was introduced in Lok Sabha on the 12th August, 1967. The motion for reference of the Bill to a Joint Committee of the Houses was moved in Lok Sabha by Shri Asoka Mehta, the then Minister of Petroleum and Chemicals and Social Welfare on the 26th March, 1968 which was discussed and adopted on the same day (See Appendix I)- 3. The Rajya Sabha discussed and concurred in the said motion on the 28th March, 1966 (See Appendix II). 4. The message from Rajya Sabha was reported to Lok Sabha on the 29th March, 1968. 5. The Committee held 22 sittings in all. 6. The first sitting of the Committee was held on the 27th April, 1968 to draw up their future programme of work. At this sitting, the Com mittee decided that a Press Communique should be issued advising public bodies, organisations, associations and individuals who were de sirous of submitting their suggestions or view, or of giving oral evidence on the provisions of the Bill to send written memoranda for the purpose. The Committee also decided to issue e circular letter to all the State| Union Territory Governments to furnish their comments on the provi sions of the Bill. The Committee further decided that representatives of the representative organisations!associations of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes who were vitally concerned with the proposed measure and might throw some light thereon should also be addressed specifically to send their comments (suggestions on various provisions of the Bill.