 bill no  134 of  2009 the  constitution (scheduled castes) order (amendment) bill,  2009 by shri kc singh 'baba', mp a billfurther to amend the constitution (scheduled castes) order, 1950be it enacted by parliament in the sixtieth year of the republic of india as follows:—short title1  this act may be called  the constitution (scheduled castes) order (amendment)act, 20092 in the schedule to the constitution (scheduled castes) order, 1950, in part xxiv—uttarakhand,—amendment of the schedule5(i) after entry 55, the following entry shall be inserted,—"55a namasudra",(ii) after entry 56, the following entry shall be inserted,—"56a od",(iii) after entry 60, the following entry shall be inserted,—10"60a pod, poundra" statement  of  objects  and  reasonsthe people belonging to the 'od rajput' community in the states of uttarakhand 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 uttarakhand 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 uttarakhand these castes also need to be included in scheduled castes in relation to the state of uttarakhand so that development of these communities can be ensuredthe bill, therefore, seeks to amend part xxiv—uttarakhand 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 state of uttarakhandhence this billnew delhi;kc singh 'baba'november 5, 2009 financial  memorandumclause 2 of the bill seeks to include persons belonging to namasudra, od, pod, poundra community into the list of scheduled castes based on their social, educational and economic backwardness the bill, therefore, if enacted, will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india on account of benefits to be provided to the persons belonging to these communities under continuing schemes meant for development of scheduled castes it is estimated that an annual recurring expenditure of about rupees fifty crore is likely to be incurred from the consolidated fund of indiaa non-recurring expenditure of about rupees fifty crore is also likely to be incurred annexureextract from the constitution (scheduled castes) order, 1950     the schedule     part xxiv—uttarakhand     1      2                55 musahar 56 nat 57 pankha 58 parahiya 59 pasi, tarmali 60 patari 61 sahariya 62 sanaurhiya 63 sansiya 64 shilpkar 65 turaiha     ———— a billfurther to amend the constitution (scheduled castes) order, 1950————(shri kc singh 'baba', mp)gmgipmrnd—5239ls(s5)—09-12-2009