 corrigendum to thb scheduled castes and ~eeduled tribes orders (ahend-lent) bill, 1978ctc be/as introduced in lok sabha 7 page 2, line 17,-:for "district lj read "districts" new delhi, may 9 19'78 va1s8kha 19, 1900 (saka) "  bill no " of 1178 the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes oroers (amendment) bill, 1978 a billto prot~ide f01' the inclusion in, and the exclusion from, the lists of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, of certain castes and tribes be it enacted by par,uament in the twenty-ninth, year of the republic of india lis fo11ows:-1 this act may be called the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes' short orders (amendment) act, 1978 title 2 in the constitution (schpduled castes) order, 1950, in the 5 schedule,-(a) under the heading "part iv-gu,j4rat"-amend_ ment of the constitution (schedul ed castes) order, 1950 (i) in entry 4, for the words "madig, mochi," the word "madig," shall be substituted; (ii) after entry 21, the following entty shall be inserted, namely:-"21a machi (in dangs district and umbergaon taluk of bulsar district) "; (b) under the heading "part vii·-kamataka"-s (i) in entry 63, for the words "vankar maru vankar", the words "vankar, maru vankar" shall be substituted; (ii) for entry 75, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:-"75 mashti" 10 3 in the constitution (scheduled tribes) order, 1950, in the schedule,--(a) under the heading "part i-andhra pradesh", in entry 20, for the words "medak nalgonda", the words "medak, nalganda" shall be substituted: is amendment of the constitution (scheduled tribes) order, 1950 (b) under the heading "part n-assam", under the sub-heading "i in the autonomous district:-", for entry 14, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:-"14 syllteng"; (c) under the heading "part ix-maharashtra", in ~ntr:{ 18, for 20 the words "gond rajgond", the words "gond, rajgond" shall be substituted  statement of objects and reasonsprior to the enforcement of the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes orders (amendment) act, 1976 (108 of 19761, the 'mochi' community in gujarat was specified as a scheduled caste only in the dangs district and umbergaon tal uk a of the present bulsar district and for the rest of the state, it was not listed as a scheduled caste by the above act, the area restrictions within a state have generally been removed and, as such, the 'mochi' community was declared as a scheduled caste for the whole of the state of gujarat 2 the government of gujarat have represented that removal of area restrictions in the case of mochi community is not justified because this community has never suffered from any disability arising out ot the practice of untouchability in any part of gujarat state, except the dangs district and umbergaon taluka of the present bulsar di'strict it has also been pointed out that mochis elsewhere in the state being comparatively more advanced, are likely to take away the benefits which ought to go to the members of this community residing in dangs d;strict and umbergaon taluka the present bill, therefore, seeks to restore the position in re'spect of the mochi community in the list of scheduled castes of gujarat state which obtained prior to the enforcement of the scheduled caste and scheduled tribes orders (amendment) act 1976 3 certain m 'stakes of s!)ellings and punctuations in the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes orders (amendment) act, 1976, have been noticed and these are also proposed to be corrected 4 the proposed amendments in the lists of scheduled castes and ~heduled trltiii wm not affect the number of seats reserved for the sche-duled castes and scheduled tribes either in the lok sabha or in the state assemblies and therefore, no provision has been included in the bill to ~stimate the population of the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes and to re-allocate the reserved constituencies dhanik lal mandal new delhi; the 27th april, 1978 extracts from the constitution (scheduled castes) 'order, 1950 - - - - - the schedule - - - - - part iv-gujatat     - 4 bhambi, bhambhi, asadaru, asodi, chamadia, chamar, chambhar; cham gar, haralayya, harali, khalpa, machigar, mochigar, madar, madig; mochi, nalia, telegu machi, kamati mochi, rani gar, rohidas, rohit, sam gar - - - - pallt vu-kamatakcl - - - - 63 mahyavanshi, dhed, vankar maru vankar - - - - - 75 masthi      extracts from the constitution (schfoduled tribes) order, 1950     -  the schedule part i-andhra pradesh20 malis (excluding adil:abad, hyderabad,karimnqar, kbammam, mahbubnagar, medal! nalgonda, nizarrabad and warangal districts) - - - - -                    part h-assam                                                                                                                                 1 in the autonomous districts:-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    -      14 syntheng                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  -                                        part ix-maharashtra                     -                                           -                                                                  -                                                                                        -                                                                                                             -      18 gond rajgond, arakh, arrakh, agaria, asur, badi maria, bada maria, bhatola, bhimma, bhuta, koilabhuta, koilabhuti, bhar, bisonborn maria, chota maria, dandami maria, dhuru, dhurwa, dhoba, dhulia, dorla, gaild" gatta, gatti, gaita, gondgowari, hill maria kandra; kalanga, khatola, koltar, koya, khirwar, khirwara, kucha maria; kuchaki maria, madia, maria, mana mannewar, moghya; mogia; mongbya, mucua, muria, nagarchi, naikpod, nagwanshi, ojba; raj; sonjhari dliareka, thlptia, thotya, wade maria, vade maria                                                                                                                                                                                                                           -                                                                                                              - a bnl to provide for the inclusion in, and the exclusion from, the lists of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, of certain castes and tribes (shri dhanik lal ma7ldal, minister of st4te 1ft the mtniattt/ of home afjaif"i) , 