THE CONSTITUTION (SCHEDULED CASTES) ORDER, 1950! C.O. 19 — The CIVIL RIGHTS

THE CONSTITUTION (SCHEDULED CASTES) ORDER, 1950! C.O. 19 In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 341 of the Constitution of India, the President, after consultation with the Governors and Rajpramukhs of the States concerned, is pleased to make the following Order, namely:— This Order may be called the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950. Subject to the provisions of this Order, the castes, races or tribes or parts of, or groups within, castes or tribes specified in *[Parts to "[XXIV]] of the Schedule to this Order shall, in relation to the States to which those Parts respectively relate, be deemed to be Scheduled Castes so far as regards member thereof resident in the localities specified in relation to them in those Parts of that Schedule. "[3. Notwithstanding anything contained in paragraph 2, no person who professes a religion different from the Hindu *[, the Sikh or the Buddhist] religion shall be deemed to be amember of a Scheduled Caste.] *[4. Any reference in this Order to a State or to a district or other territorial division thereof shall be construed as a reference to the State, district or other territorial division as constituted on the Ist day of May, 1976.] — . Published with the Ministry of Law Notification No. S.R.O. 385, dated the 10th August, 1950, Gazette of India, Extraordinary, 1950, Part II, Section 3, page 163. 2. Subs. by the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Lists (Modification) Order, 1956. 3. The figure "XXI" has been successfully subs. by Act 18 of 1987, s. 19 and 1* Sch. (w.e.f. 30-5-87), by Act 28 of 2000, s. 19 and 3" Sch (w.e-f. 1-11-2000) and by Act 29 of 2000, s. 24 and 5" Sch. (w.e.f. 9-11-2000) to read as above. 4. Subs. by Act 63 of 1956, s. 3 and First Sch., for paragraph 3. 5. Subs. by Act 15 of 199