 bill no ii of 2009 the constitution (scheduled castes) order (amendment) bill, 2009 a bill further to amend the constitution (scheduled castes) order, 1950be it enacted by parliament in  the  sixtieth  year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the constitution (scheduled castes) order (amendment)act, 2009short title and commencement(2) it shall come into force with immediate effectamendment of the constitution (scheduled castes) order, 1950(a) in part vi himachal pradesh, for entry 36 the following entry shall be substituted namely:— 36 lohar, tarkhan statement of objects and reasons55tarkhan and lohar are two castes in himachal pradesh while the lohar cast has been included in the scheduled castes list in the scheduled castes order, 1950, the tarkhan caste has been kept in the obc list of the state in fact, the two castes are one and the same for all social and matrimonial purposes the anomaly of placing these castes in different lists took place after the reorganization of the state of himachal pradesh and later on in 1977 and 1978, when the government of himachal pradesh decided to merge the lohar caste into scheduled caste on the basis of the gazette of bilaspur the kangra castes gazette clearly mentioned that the lohar and tarkhans are one and the same caste except that one was doing the profession of iron and other was doing the work of wood even socially, economically and educationally also, tarkhans are much backward than the other castes of himachal pradesh in view of this inadvertent discrimination the tarkhan community, for quite some time, is demanding its inclusion in the scheduled castes list therefore,  it is high time that the anomaly in not the listing of tarkhans in the list of scheduled castes be removed and this caste should be included in the list of scheduled castes in the constitution (scheduled castes) order, 1950 for the state of himachal pradeshhence this billviplove thakur aannexureex extract from the constitution (scheduled castes) order, 1950 the schedulepart vi—himachal pradesh1ad dharmi2badhi, nagalu3balmiki, bhangi, chuhra, chura, chuhre4bandhela5bangali6banjara7bansi8barad9barar, burar, berar10batwal11bauria, bawaria12bazigar13bhanjra, bhanjre14chamar, jatia chamar, rehgar, raigar, ramdasi, ravidasi, ramdasia, mochi15chanal16chhimbe dhobi17dagi18darain19darai, daryai20daule, deole21dhaki, toori22dhanak23dhaogri, dhuai24dhogri, dhangri, siggi25doom, doomna, dumna, dumne, mahasha26gagra27gandhila, gandil, gondola28hali29hesi30jogi31julaha, julahe, kabirpanthi, keer32kamoh, dagoli33karoack34khatik35kori, koli36lohar37marija, marecha38mazhabi39megh40nat41od42pasi43perna44phrera,  pherera45rehar, rehara46sanhai47sanhal48sansi, bhedkut, manesh49sansoi50sapela51sarde, sarera, sarare, siryare, sarehde52sikligar53sipi54sirkiband55teli56thathiar, thathera35x¹———— a billfurther to amend the constitution (scheduled castes) order,  1950————(smt viplove thakur, mp)gmgipmrnd—665rs(s5)—13-02-2009