 the constitution (scheduled tribes) order amendment bill, 2006 a billfurther to amend the constitution (scheduled tribes) order, 1950 to modify the list of scheduled tribes in the state of bihar   be it enacted by parliament in the fifty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—short title1 this act may be called the constitution (scheduled tribes) order amendment act,20062 in the constitution (scheduled tribes) order, 1950, as amended by the scheduled castes and  scheduled tribes order (amendment) act, 1976, in the schedule, in part iii relating to bihar, for item 22 (since renumbered as item 21), as appearing in the hindi version of the said act, the following shall be substituted, namely:—108 of 1976 1st october, 1979)"21 lohara, lohra"amendment of the constitution (scheduled tribes) order, 1950, as amended by the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes order (amendment) act, 1976 statement of objects and reasonsthe scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes order (amendment) act, 1976 (108of 1976) made certain amendments in the constitution (scheduled tribes) order, 1950 prior to this amendment, item 20 of the list of scheduled tribes in the state of bihar stood as "lohara or lohra" subsequently, on account of the passing of  the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes order (amendment) act, 1976, item 20 underwent change, wherein "lohara, lohra" appeared at item 22 inadvertently, the word "lohara" appearing in the english version was misspelt as "yksgkj" in the hindi version of the said amendment act2 due to this misspelt word, there has been consistent attempt by lohar (yksgkj ) in bihar, who fall under the category of other backward classes, to be treated as the scheduled tribe and to obtain the constitutional benefits meant for genuine scheduled tribes by taking benefit of the hindi version of item 22 "yksgkj" occurring in the hindi version of the said amendment act of 1976 it may be added that "lohar" is a distinct group and can not be treated as identical to "lohara, lohra"  it has, therefore, become necessary  to amend the hindi version of the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes order (amendment) act,1976 so as to rectify the error occurred in item 22 by substituting the word "yksgkjk" in place of the existing word "yksgkj"3 the bill seeks to achieve the aforesaid objectivep r kyndiahnew delhi;the 18th july, 2006 rajya sabha———— a billfurther to amend the constitution (scheduled tribes) order, 1950 to modify the list of scheduled tribes in the state of bihar————(shri pr kyndiah, minister of tribal affairs and development of north eastern region)mgipmrnd—1698rs—27-07-2006