Scheduled Tribes ST

Article 342. Scheduled Tribes
(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 the tribes or
tribal communities or parts of or groups
within tribes or tribal communities which shall for the purposes of this
Constitution be deemed to be Scheduled Tribes
in relation to that State or Union territory, as the case may be
(2) Parliament may by law include in or exclude from the list of
Scheduled Tribes specified in a notification issued under clause ( 1 ) any
tribe or tribal community or part of or group within any tribe or tribal
community, but save as aforesaid a notification issued under the said clause
shall not be varied by any subsequent notification
 
 
Article 366(25) Definition of Scheduled Tribe“Scheduled Tribes” means such tribes or tribal communi
s or parts
of or groups within such tribes or tribal communities as are deemed under
article 342 to be Scheduled Tribes for the purposes of this Constitution;