Constitution of India, 1949
239.Control of the Union over the
administration of Scheduled Areas and the welfare of Scheduled Tribes.-
(1) The President may at any time and shall,
at the expiration of ten years from the commencement of this Constitution by
order appoint a Commission to report on the administration of the Scheduled Areas
and the welfare of this Scheduled Tribes in the States. The order may define
the composition, powers and procedure of the Commission and may contain such
incidental or ancillary provisions as the President may consider necessary or
desirable.
(2) The executive power of the Union shall
extend to the giving of directions to a State as to the drawing up and
execution of schemes specified in the direction to be essential for the welfare
of the Scheduled Tribes in the State.