 bill no 7 of  2007 the  constitution (scheduled castes) order (amendment) bill, 2007 byshri kc singh "baba", mp a billfurther to amend the constitution (scheduled castes) order, 1950be it enacted by parliament in the fifty-eighth year of the republic of india as follows:—short title1 this act may be called the  constitution (scheduled castes) order (amendment)act, 2007co 1952 in the schedule to the constitution (scheduled castes) order, 1950, in part xxiv—uttaranchal, after entry 65, the following entries shall be inserted, namely—amendment of the schedule"66 od67 pod, poundra 68 namasudra" statement  of  objects  and  reasonsthe people belonging to the 'od rajput' community in the states of uttaranchal and uttar pradesh, who were displaced from multan region of pakistan at the time of partition, have not yet been included in the list of scheduled castes of these states despite the fact that the same caste has been included in the list of scheduled castes of other states like haryana, punjab and delhi this disparity needs to be removed immediatelypersons belonging to od caste reside in many districts of uttaranchal these people use surnames like kudawali, virpali, kahaliya, sarvan, mangal, mundai, galagat, bhagat, majoka, etc even today, their economic, social and educational condition is pitiable there is a long pending demand to include od caste in the list of scheduled castes the od rajput utthan samiti has been campaigning for long at various levels to include the od caste in the list of scheduled castessimilarly, namasudra and pod (poundra) castes of bengali community displaced from erstwhile east pakistan have been accorded the status of scheduled castes in the state of west bengal but not in the state of uttaranchal these castes also need to be included in scheduled castes in relation to the state of uttaranchal so that development of these communities can be ensuredthe bill, therefore, seeks to amend part xxiv—uttaranchal of the schedule to the constitution (scheduled castes) order, 1950, with a view to include the above mentioned castes in the list of scheduled castes in relation to the uttaranchal statehence this billnew delhi;kc  singh  "baba"december 18, 2006 annexureextract from the constitution (scheduled castes) order, 1950       the schedule      part xxiv—uttaranchal      1      2                  64 shilpkar 65 turaiha       lok  sabha———— a billfurther to amend the constitution (scheduled castes) order, 1950 ———— (shri kc singh "baba", mp)mgipmrnd—160ls(s-3)—06022007