 bill no  320 of 2016 the constitution (scheduled castes) orders (amendment) bill, 2016 by shrimati meenakashi lekhi, mp a billfurther to amend the constitution (scheduled castes) order, 1950, the constitution(scheduled castes) (union territories) order, 1951, the constitution (jammu and kashmir) scheduled castes order, 1956 and the constitution (dadra and nagar haveli) scheduled castes order, 1962be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—short title and commencement1 (1) this act may be called the constitution (scheduled castes) orders (amendment)act, 20162 in the schedule to the constitution (scheduled castes) order, 1950,—co 19 of 1950(a) in part i—andhra pradesh, for entry 14, the following entry shall besubstituted, namely:—"14 charmkar, mochi, muchi, charmkar-ravidas, charmkar-rohidas";(b) in part ii—assam, for entry 12, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—"12 mehtar, balmiki";5(c) in part iii—bihar,(i) for entry 6, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—"6 charmkar, mochi, charmkar-rabidas, charmkar-ravidas, charmkar-rohidas, charmarkar"; (ii) for entry 14, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—10"14 hari, mehtar, balmiki"; and (iii) for entry 15, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:— "15 giarah";(d) in part iv—gujarat,—(i) for entry 4, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—15"4 bhambi, bhambhi, asadaru, asodi, chamadia, charmkar, charmkar-ravidas, chambhar, chamgar, haralayya, harali, khalpa, machigar, mochigar, madar, madig, mochi (in dangs district and umergaon taluka of valsad district only), nalia, telegu mochi, kamati mochi, ranigar, rohidas, rohit, samgar";20(ii) for entry 5, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—"5 balmiki, mehtar, olgana, rukhi, malkana, halalkhor, lalbegi, korar, zadmalli, barwashia, barwasia, jamphoda, zampada, zampda, rushi, valmiki"; (iii) for entry 32, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—25"32 balmiki, mehtar"; and(iv) for entry 33, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—"33 charmkar";(e) in part v—haryana,—(i) for entry 2, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—30"2 balmiki"; and(ii) for entry 9, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—"9 charmkar, jatav, jatava, jatia charmkar, rehgar, raigar, ramdasi, ravidasi, balahi, batoi, bhatoi, bhambi, charmkar rohidas, mochi, ramdasia";35(f) in part vi—himachal pradesh,—(i) for entry 3, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—"3 balmiki"; and(ii) for entry 14, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—40"14 charmkar, jatia charmkar, rehgar, raigar, ramdasi, ravidasi, ramdasia, mochi";(g) in part via—jharkhand,—(i) for entry 5, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—"5 charmkar, mochi";(ii) for entry 13, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—5"13 hari, mehtar, balmiki"; and(iii) for entry 14, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—"14 giarah";(h) in part vii—karnataka,—(i) for entry 21, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—10"21 mehtar, olgana, rukhi, malkana, halalkhor, lalbegi, balmiki, korar, zadmalli"; and (ii) for entry 22, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—15"22 bhambi, bhambhi, asadaru, asodi, chamadia, charmkar, chambhar, chamgar, haralayya, harali, khalpa, machigar, mochigar, madar, madig, mochi, muchi, telegu mochi, kamati mochi, ranigar, rohidas, rohit, samgar"; (i) in part viii—kerala, for entry 15, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—"15 charmkar, muchi";20(j) in part ix—madhya pradesh,—(i) for entry 11, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—"11 mehtar, balmiki, lalbegi, dharkar";(ii) for entry 14, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—25"14 charmkar, bairwa, bhambhi, jatav, mochi, regar, nona, rohidas, ramnami, satnami, surjyabanshi, surjyaramnami, ahirwar, charmkar mangan, raidas"; and(iii) for entry 28, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—"28 giarah";(k) in part x—maharashtra,—30(i) for entry 11, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—35"11 bhambi, bhambhi, asadaru, asodi, chamadia, charmkar, chambhar, chamgar, haralayya, harali, khalpa, machigar, mochigar, madar, madig, mochi, telegu mochi, kamati mochi, ranigar, rohidas, nona, ramnami, rohit, samgar, samagara, satnami, surjyabanshi, surjyaramnami, charmakar, pardeshi charmkar"; and (ii) for entry 12, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—"12 mehtar, olgana, rukhi, malkana, halalkhor, lalbegi, balmiki, korar, zadmalli, hela";40(l) in part xii—meghalaya, for entry 12, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—"12 mehtar, balmiki";(m) in part xiii—orissa,—(i) for entry 19, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—"19 charmkar, charmkar-ravidas, charmkar rohidas, mochi, muchi, satnami";5(ii) for entry 60, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—"60 mehtar, balmiki";(n) in part xiv—punjab,—(i) for entry 2, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—"2 balmiki"; and10(ii) for entry 9, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—"9 charmkar, jatia charmkar, rehgar, raigar, ramdasi, ravidasi, ramdasia, ramdasia sikh, ravidasia sikh";(o) in part xv—rajasthan,—(i) for entry 14, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—15"14 mehtar, olgana, rukhi, malkana, halalkhor, lalbegi, balmiki, valmiki, korar, zadmalli"; (ii) for entry 17, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—20"17 charmkar, bhambhi, bambhi, bhambi, jatia, jatav, jatava, mochi, raidas, rohidas, regar, raigar, ramdasia, asadaru, asodi, chamadia, chambhar, chamgar, haralayya, harali, khalpa, machigar, mochigar, madar, madig, telugu mochi, kamati mochi, ranigar, rohit samgar"; and (iii) for entry 33, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—"33 giarah";25(p) in part xvi—tamil nadu, for entry 14, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—"14 charmkar, muchi"(q) in part xvii—tripura, for entry 4, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—"4 charmkar, muchi, charmkar-rohidas, charmkar-ravidas30(r) in part xviii—uttar pradesh,—(i) for entry 24, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—"24 charmkar, dhusia, jhusia, jatava"; and(ii) for entry 42, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—"42 giarah";35(s) in part xix—west bengal,—(i) for entry 11, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—"11 charmkar, charmakar, mochi, muchi, rabidas, ruidas, rishi";(ii) for entry 22, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—"22 hari, mehtar, mehtor, balmiki"; and(iii) for entry 28, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—40"28 giarah";(t) in part xx—mizoram, for entry 12, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—"12 mehtar or balmiki";5(u) in part xxii—goa, for entry 1, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—"1 balmiki (hadi)";(v) in part xxiii—chhattisgarh,—(i) for entry 11, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—"11 mehtar, balmiki, lalbegi, dharkar";10(ii) for entry 14, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—"14 charmkar, bairwa, bhambhi, jatav, mochi, regar, nona, rohidas, ramnami, satnami, surjyabanshi, surjyaramnami, ahirwar, mangan, raidas"; and (iii) for entry 27, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—15"27 giarah";(w) in part xxiv—uttarakhand,—(i) for entry 24, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—"24 charmkar, dhusia, jhusia, jatava"; and(ii) for entry 42, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—20"42 giarah";(x) in part xxv—telangana, for entry 14, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—"14 charmkar, mochi, muchi, charmkar-ravidas, charmkar-rohidas";25co 32 of 19513 in the schedule to the constitution (scheduled castes)  (union territories) order,1951(a) in part—delhi,(i) for entry 8, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—"8 masani"(ii) for entry 10, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—30"10 charmkar, chanwar, jatava, jatav charmkar, mochi, ramdasia, ravidasi, raidasi, rehgarh or raigar"; (iii) for entry 11, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—"11 mehtar (sweeper)";35(iv) for entry 12, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—"12 mehatar (balmiki)"; and(v) for entry 20, substitute,—"20 giarah";(b) in part ii—chandigarh,—(i) for entry 7, the following entry shall  be substituted, namely:—"7 balmiki"; and(ii) for entry 9, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—"9 charmkar, jatia charmkar, rehgar, raigar, ramdasi or ravidasi";5(c) in part iii—daman and diu, for entry 1, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—"1 balmiki (hadi)";co 52 of 19564 in the schedule to the constitution (jammu and kashmir) scheduled castes order,1956,—(a)   for entry 4, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—10"4 charmkar or ramdasia, charmkar-ravidas, charmkar-rahidas"; and(b) for entry 5, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—"5 balmiki, mehtar";co 64 of 19625 in the schedule to the constitution (dadra and nagar haveli) scheduled castes order, 1962,—15(a) for entry 1, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—"1 balmiki"; and(b) for entry 2, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:—"2 charmkar, rohit"; statement of objects and reasonswith a view to provide social, political and economic justice to the deprived sections of our population, the founding fathers of our constitution provided for and ensured that the doctrine of equality is implemented in letter and spirit for the benefit of the deprived sections of the society and the dalits in particular further, the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes (prevention of atrocities) act, 1989 also provides for protection of the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes from all sorts of discrimination and makes it a punishable offence to refer to members of these castes by their caste names however, in the constitution (scheduled castes) orders, abusive and derogatory nomenclature is used for four castes, namely- 'bhangi', 'chamar', 'chohra' or 'chuhra' and 'kanjar'in 2011, the use of abusive caste nomenclature by the delhi government in issuing caste certificates was challenged before the delhi high court the then delhi government assured the court that it would not issue caste certificates using the derogatory caste nomenclature and would instead use more dignified names to refer to the castes in question the matter was thereafter withdrawn from the high court the delhi government accordingly issued a revised notification inter-alia to discontinue the derogatory nomenclature in caste certificates however, the present government of delhi has restarted the use of the derogatory nomenclature, causing humiliation to the members of those castes across the different states, the same derogatory nomenclature is used to refer to members of the above mentioned castes it is, therefore, required that an amendment to the constitution (scheduled castes) orders be passed to put an end to the usage of  derogatory nomenclature for the above mentioned castes and to replace it with dignified caste namesthe derogatory nomenclature is not only in violation of the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes (prevention of atrocities) act, 1989 but is also a blot on our society accordingly, an amendment under the purview of article 341 of the constitution is proposed in the constitution (scheduled castes) order, 1950, the constitution (scheduled castes) (union territories) order, 1951, the constitution (jammu and kashmir) scheduled castes order, 1956 and the constitution (dadra and nagar haveli) scheduled castes order, 1962the bill seeks to achieve these objectivesnew delhi;meenakashi lekhinovember  4, 2016 annexure extract from the constitution (scheduled castes) order, 1950 co 19      the schedule     part i—andhra pradesh     14 chamar, mochi, muchi, chamar-ravidas, chamar-rohidas     part ii—assam     12 mehtar, bhangi     part iii—bihar     6 chamar, mochi, chamar-rabidas, chamar-ravidas, chamar-rohidas, charmarkar     14 hari, mehtar, bhangi     15 kanjar     part iv—gujarat     4 bhambi, bhambhi, asadaru, asodi, chamadia, chamar, chamar-ravidas, chambhar, chamgar, haralayya, harali, khalpa, machigar, mochigar, madar, madig, mochi (in dangs district and umergaon taluka of valsad district only), nalia, telgu mochi, kamati mochi, ranigar, rohidas, rohit, samagar      5 bhangi, mehtar, olgana, rukhi, malkana, halalkhor, lalbegi, balmiki, korar, zadmalli, barwashia, barwasia, jamphoda, zampada, zampda, rushi, valmiki      32 bhangi, mehtar     33 chamar     part v—haryana     2 balmiki, chura, bhangi     9 chamar, jatia chamar, rehgar, raigar, ramdasi, ravidasi, balahi, batoi, bhatoi, bhambi, chamar rohidas, jatav, jatava, mochi, ramdasia       part vi—himachal pradesh     3 balmiki, bhangi, chuhra, chura, chuhre     14 chamar, jatia chamar, rehgar, raigar, ramdasi, ravidasi, ramdasia, mochi      part via—jharkhand     5 chamar, mochi     13 hari, mehtar, bhangi     14 kanjar      part vii—karnataka     21 bhangi, mehtar, olgana, rukhi, malkana, halalkhor, lalbegi, balmiki, korar, zadmalli     22 bhambi, bhambhi, asadaru, asodi, chamadia, chamar, chambhar, chamgar, haralayya, harali khalpa, machigar, mochigar, madar, madig, mochi, muchi, telegu mochi, kamati mochi, ranigar rohidas, rohit, samgar      part viii—kerala     15 chamar, muchi      part ix—madhya pradesh     11 bhangi, mehtar, balmiki, lalbegi, dharkar     14 chamar,  chamari, bairwa, bhambhi, jatav, mochi, regar, nona, rohidas, ramnami, satnami, surjyabanshi, surjyaramnami, ahirwar, chamar mangan, raidas      28 kanjar      part x—maharashtra     11 bhambi, bhambhi, asadaru, asodi, chamadia, chamar, chamari, chambhar, chamgar, haralayya, harali, khalpa, machigar, mochigar, madar, madig, mochi, telegu mochi, kamati mochi, ranigar, rohidas, nona, ramnami, rohit samgar, samagara, satnami, surjyabanshi, surjyaramnami, charmakar, pardeshi chamar;      12 bhangi, mehtar, olgana, rukhi, malkana, halalkhor, lalbegi, balmiki, korar, zadmalli, hela       part xii—meghalaya     12 mehtar, bhangi      part xiii—odisha     19 chamar, chamara, chamar-ravidas, chamar rohidas, mochi, muchi, satnami     60 mehtar, bhangi      part xiv—punjab     2 balmiki, chura, bhangi     9 chamar, jatia chamar, rehgar, raigar, ramdasi, ravidasi, ramdasia, ramdasia sikh, ravidasia, ravidasi sikh       part xv—rajasthan     14 bhangi, chura, mehtar, olgana, rukhi, malkana, halalkhor, lalbegi, balmiki, valmiki, korar, zadmalli      17 chamar, bhambhi, bambhi, bhambi, jatia, jatav, jatava, mochi, raidas, rohidas, regar, raigar, ramdasia, asadaru, asodi, chamadia, chambhar, chamgar,  haralayya, harali, khalpa, machigar, mochigar, madar, madig, telugu mochi, kamati mochi, ranigar, rohit, samgar      33 kanjar, kunjar     part xvi—tamil nadu     14 chamar, muchi,     part xvii—tripura     4 chamar, muchi, chamar—rohidas, chamar-ravidas     part xviii—uttar pradesh     24 chamar, dhusia, jhusia, jatava     42 kanjar      part xix—west bengal     11 chamar, charmakar, mochi, muchi, rabidas, ruidas, rishi     22 hari, mehtar, mehtor, bhangi, balmiki     28 kanjar     part xx—mizoram     12 mehtar or bhangi     part xxii—goa     1 bhangi (hadi)      part xxiii—chhattisgarh     11 bhangi, mehtar, balmiki, lalbegi, dharkar     14 chamar, chamari, bairwa, bhambhi, jatav, mochi, regar, nona, rohidas, ramnami, satnami, surjyabanshi, surjyaramnami, ahirwar, chamar, mangan, raidas27 kanjar     part xxiv—uttarakhand     24 chamar, dhusia, jhusia, jatava     42 kanjar      part xxv—telangana     14 chamar, mochi, muchi, chamar-ravidas, chamar-rohidas     extract from the  constitution (scheduled castes) (union territories)order 1951co 32      the schedule      part i—delhi     8 bhangi     10 chamar, chanwar chamar, jatava, chamar, mochi, ramdasia, ravidasi, raidasi, rehgarh or raigar      11 chohra (sweeper)     12 chuhra (balmiki)     20 kanjar or giarah      part ii—chandigarh     7 balmiki, chura or bhangi     9 chamar, jatia chamar, rehgar, raigar, ramdasi or ravidasi     part iii—daman and diu     1 bhangi (hadi)     extract from the constitution (jammu and kashmir) scheduled castesorder, 1956co 52      the schedule     4 chamar or ramdasia, chamar-ravidas, chamar-rohidas     5 chura, bhangi, balmiki mehtar     extract from the constitution (dadra  and  nagar  haveli) scheduledcastes  order, 1962co 64     1 bhangi     2 chamar,  rohit      lok  sabha———— a billfurther to amend the national institutes of technology, science education and research act, 2007————(shrimati meenakashi lekhi, mp)gmgipmrnd—3408ls(s3)—05-12-2016