Constitution of India, 1949
230.Reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes
and Scheduled Tribes in the House of the People.-
(1) Seats shall be reserved in the House of the
People for-
(a) the Scheduled
Castes;
(b) the Scheduled
Tribes except the Scheduled Tribes in the autonomous districts of Assam; and
(c) the Scheduled
Tribes in the autonomous districts of Assam.
(2) The number of seats reserved in any State
[or Union territory] for the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes under
clause (1) shall bear, as nearly as may be, the same proportion to the total
number of seats allotted to that State [or Union territory] in the House of the
People as the population of the Scheduled Castes in the State [or Union
territory] or of the Scheduled Tribes in the State [or Union territory] or part
of the State [or Union territory], as the case may be, in respect of which
seats are so reserved, bears to the total population of the State [or Union
territory].
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in
clause (2), the number of seats reserved in the House of the People for the
Scheduled Tribes in the autonomous districts of Assam shall bear to the total
number of seats allotted to that State a proportion not less than the
population of the Scheduled Tribes in the said autonomous districts bears to
the total population of the State.
Explanation.- In this article 332,
the expression "population" means the population as ascertained at
the last preceding census of which the relevant figures have been published:
Provided that the reference in this Explanation
to the last preceding census of which the relevant figures have been published
shall, until the relevant figures for the first census taken after the year
2000 have been published, be construed as a reference to the 1971 census.