III THE REPORT OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON THE REVISION OF THE LISTS OF SCHEDULED CASTES AND SCHEDULED TRIBES " .~ ~~,i;'"':'!>~J'...; ~. ",we;;. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY i',·-~~",:,----· __ ·_·_·",;",...~·- -- .....- !{..•'" i f'''\' CONTENTS PART I PTER I. Introduction Page 1 II. Principles and Policy' 4 Ill. Revision of Lists 12 IV. General Recommendations V. Appreciation 23 25 PART II fl/DIX I I 1. ListConstitutionof Orders in force under articles 341 and 342 of the i 28 I n. Resolution constituting the Committee 29 I UI. List of persons iwho appeared .before the Committee 31 IV. List of Communities recommended for inclusion 39 I! V. List of Communities recommended for exclusion 42 \7J. List of proposals rejected by the Committee I 55 I Yu.Revised Statewise lists of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes .. 62-115 i t J ~~"f~:~~.;'.' 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Pondicherry TripllnL ._--_ .. _---., .._~_._----------------_.._._---------- - --'-~"-- I: .\ ~ij) J, l CHAl>TEll I INTRODUCfION· Article 341 of the Constitutioncprovides that the President may, .withr~spect to any State or Union Territory, specify/the, castes,. raeesor tribes or parts of. or groups within castes, raees or tribes which shall· for· the purposes of the Constitution be' deemed 'to be Scheduled' Castes in' relation' to that State' or VIrion· Territory. Article 342 similarly provides for specifiCa• tion ,of tribes or tribal' communities or parts of or groups ,within tribes or tribal communities which are to be deemed; for the ( I purposes of the Constitution to be SCheduled Tribes in relation I to the various States and Union Territories. In pursuance of \ these provisions, the President made two Orders, in 1950; in l relation to the then Part 'A' and Part 'B' StateS); called:: the \ Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950, and the Consti• \ tution (Scheduled' Tribes) Order, 1950. In the' following year he made- the Constitution' (Scheduled Castes) Part' 'C'; States Order, 1951, and the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes)" Part:'C' States Order, 1951, in respect of the then Part 'c' States. Under the Constitution, these Orders: could be,: varied- only by a law of Parliament. The need for such variation:. arose: first when the State of Andhra Pradesh was created by. the Andhra State Act, 1953" then on the creation of the new State of· Hiinachal Pradesh by the Himachal Pradesh. and Bilaspw:, (New State) Act, 1954. Certain recommendations were later made by the Backward Classes Commission, ~hereupon. these·, OMers were, again, revised by .the·SChedUledCastes and Scheduled :Tribes· Order ,(Amendment) Act, 1956. On the reorganisatioo otStates; by the. States Reorganisation Act, 1956, and on the;;e~actment Ion,; the Bihar ,and West Bengal (~ransfer:ofTe~ories) Ad::; lti6;...~.~ the Orders 'were further modified by· the SCheduled :.Castes.•and~'"'~. Schedu1ed,JTribes Lists (Modification) Order,: 1956;· 1bey;;-were' revised once again on the creation of the new States of Maharash- tra and Gl1jarat by, the .Bombay Reorganisation Acti 1960. Separat:e>'ordei's were also made at appropriate time for 'Jammu and Kashmir, Andaman al)d Nicolr<u' Islands, Dadraand' Nagar Haveliand'Pondicherry. A 'list of the Orders now in force 'is at Appendix V ,~--,-".".,----.", ~ ••• __ - __ ~_ ••••• _--.: •.• _ •••• _.,_ - _e 2 3 2. The lists of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes appear• from organisations as w~II as individual members of the public, ing in the various Orders came up for criticism on a number of including members of Legislatures and social workers, and the occasions both in Parliament and ou~ide on the ground that Committee felt it would be desirable to examine these represen• they were not rational and contained several anomalies. Assurances tations to the extent possible; this additional responsibility under• were given on behalf of the Government that a further revision taken by the Commi~tee made its task more onerous. of the lists would be undertaken in consultation with the State Governments and others and an attempt would be made to ~ The task of the Committee involved the examination ,of the rationalise the lists. A number of representations were received historical and scientifie background of over eight' hundred ~iDal by the Government of India and the views of the Governments communities and caste groups and assessment of their social, of the various States and Union Territories were invited thereon; educational and economic conditions with a view to determining they were also requested to make their own suggestions, if any. their eligibility to be specified in the lists of Scheduled Castes and After a preliminary examination of the resultant proposals received Scheduled Tribes. from the States and Union Territories, this Committee was appoint• ed by a Resolution of the Government of India in the Department 5. With the object 9f collecting as much material and acquaint• of Social Security, dated the 1st June, 1965 (Appendix II), ing itself with as many viewpoints as possible within the short with the following terms of reference ;- time available, the Committee visited almost all the State capitals and held extensive discussi,ons with the officers and experts, of ~ ( 1) To advise on the proposals received by Government the Governments of the various States and Union Territories, for revision of the existing lists of Scheduled Castes and Sche• duled Tribes. some Members of Parliament and State Legislatures, social workers, social scientists and available represen~ationists; wherever possi• (2) To advise whether, where a caste or a tribe is listcd ble, the Committee also ascertained the views of the Chief as a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe in relation to a Ministers and Ministers in charge of the welfare of backward particular area in a State or an Union Territory, members of classes in the States. The Committee was assisted in these discus• that caste or tribe residing- <luledsions byTribes.D.eputyTheCommis\ljoJlCIS.-.aLScheg!lt~.-Committee had11le benefitC~~~_s._~he•of personal (i) in other areas within the same State or Union Terri• discussions with the Registrar General of Census, the Conunis• tory, or sioner for Schedu led Ca&tes and Scheduled Tribes and' -their (ii) in other States or Union Territories , representatives. A list of persons with whom discussions'w~re should be recognised as belonging to the Scheduled Caste or held appears at Appendix III. The Committee drew extensively from the standard works of reference on castes and tribes by Scheduled Tribe, as the case may be. rccogllised authorities likc Ibbetson, Thurston, Russell and The Resolution observed that the present lists of Scheduled Castes Hinlla), Aiyappan, lyer and Nanjundaiya, and also rCCerced, wherever n~cessary, to old census publications and' Distrkt and Scheduled Tribes did not show a uniform pattern and several Gazetteers. ,.: . anomalies had been brought to the notice of Government and , th~t it was therefore very necessary that'the lists of Sch~duled ,." ..,:. Castes and Scheduled Tribes should be revised "in a rational "~'~', :1 ' ... ~ and scientific manner". The Committee was expected to submit the report within three months of the datc of the Resolution. :i / ; 1', .•1. ~ 3. The Resoluti~~ required the Committee to advise only on ill ~ the proposals received by Government.. But on the announce• I: ment of the constitution of the Committee, a large number of :! representations were received by the Committee directly-they continued to pour in even while this report was being drafted- ~: \1 I' 'i II " 5 the welfare of the Scheduled Tribes in that State. These· special CHAPTER II provisions in· the Constitution proceed; on the ..recognition: of.·~the. extreme social, educational and economic backwardness of y the PRINCIPLES AND POLICY Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and the need to make a special effort for their advancement and welfare, the stress·on. 6. The Constitution has not expressly prescribed any principles the Scheduled Tribes being somewhat· more than that on· the: or pQ1icyfor drawing up lists of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Scheduled Castes. (It is relevant to note that !he Constitution. Tribes; However, there are indicl!tions in the Constitution that also recognises another section of the citizens as deserving of extreme social, educational and economic backwardness would special: care, namely, the backward classes. This distinction qualify a caste or a tribe to be included in these lists. Article 46 ought therefore to be well kept in mind, as between the Scheduled: i of the Constitution enjoins the State to promote with special care Castes and 1he Scheduled Tribes on the one hand and the the educational and e·conomic interests of the weaker sections of backward classes on the other.) It will be observed that under• the people, and, in particular, of the Scheduled Castes and Sche• arti~le 341 not only castes and groups within castes but also duled Tribes, and to protect them from social injustice and all races or tribes and groups within races or tribes can be specified' forms of exploitation. Article 15(4) enables the State to make as Scheduled Castes. Under article 342, however, only tribes special' provisions for the advancement of socially and educa• or tribal communities or groups within tribes or tribal communi• tionally backward classes of citizens and the Scheduled Castes ties have to be specified as Scheduled Tribes.