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202                   THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
              (Part XVI.—Special Provisions Relating to Certain Classes)

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          [342A. Socially and educationally backward classes.—(1) The
President may with respect to any State or Union territory, and where it is a
State, after consultation with the Governor thereof, by public notification,
specify 2[the socially and educationally backward classes in the Central List
which shall for the purposes of the Central Government] be deemed to be
socially and educationally backward classes in relation to that State or Union
territory, as the case may be.
        (2) Parliament may by law include in or exclude from the Central List of
socially and educationally backward classes specified in a notification issued
under clause (1) any socially and educationally backward class, but save as
aforesaid a notification issued under the said clause shall not be varied by any
subsequent notification.]
        3
          [Explanation.—For the purposes of clauses (1) and (2), the expression
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“Central List” means the list of socially and educationally backward classes
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prepared and maintained by and for the Central Government.
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       (3) Notwithstanding any contained in clauses (1) and (2), every State or
Union territory may, by law, prepare and maintain, for its own purposes, a list
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of socially and educationally backward classes, entries in which may be
different from the Central List.]     In




1. Art 342 A ins. by the Constitution (One Hundred and Second Amendment) Act, 2018,
   s. 4 (w.e.f. 15-8-2018).
2. Subs. by the Constitution (One Hundred and Fifth Amendment) Act, 2021, s. 3 for
   socially and educationally backward classes which shall for the purposes of the
   Constitution (w.e.f. 15-9-2021).
3. Ins. by the Constitution (One Hundred and Fifth Amendment) Act, 2021, s. 3
   (w.e.f. 15-9-2021).

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