Article 335 Constitution of India: Claims of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes to services and posts

Category of Bare Act Name of the Act Year of Promulgation
Civil Laws The CONSTITUTION OF INDIA 1975
Act Number Enactment Date Chapter Number
36 1975-04-26 16
Chapter Title Ministry Department
Special Provisions Relating To Certain Classes Ministry of Law And Justice Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms

The claims of the members of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes shall be taken into consideration, consistently with the maintenance of efficiency of administration, in the making of appointments to services and posts in connection with the affairs of the Union or of a State.

1[Provided that nothing in this article shall prevent in making of any provision in favour of the members of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes for relaxation in qualifying marks in any examination or lowering the standards of evaluation, for reservation in matters of promotion to any class or classes of services or posts in connection with the affairs of the Union or the State].

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1. Ins. By the Constitution (Eighty-second Amendment), sec. 2 (w.e.f. 8-9-2000).