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@@ -158,18 +158,82 @@ the Anglo-Indian community.
 
 THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
 
-338. Special Officer for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes etc
-(1) There shall be a Special Officer for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Trib
-es to be appointed by the President
-(2) It shall be the duty of the Special Officer to investigate all matters relat
-ing to the safeguards provided for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes und
-er this Constitution and report to the President upon the working of those safeg
-uards at such intervals as the President may direct, and the President shall cau
-se all such reports to be laid before each House of Parliament
-(3) In this article references to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes shal
-l be construed as including references to such other backward classes as the Pre
-sident may, on receipt of the report of a Commission appointed under clause ( 1 
-) of Article 340, by order specify and also to the Anglo Indian community
+338. National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.—(1)  There
+  shall  be  a   Commission for  the  Scheduled  Castes  and
+Scheduled  Tribes  to  be  known as the National  Commission   for  the
+Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
+
+(2)  Subject  to  the  provisions of any law made in  this  behalf  by
+Parliament,   the   Commission  shall   consist   of   a   Chairperson,
+Vice-Chairperson  and five other Members and the conditions of service
+and  tenure  of office of the Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and  other
+Members  so  appointed  shall  be such as the President  may   by  rule
+determine.
+
+(3) The Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and other Members of the
+Commission shall be appointed by the President by warrant under his hand and sea
+l.
+(4) The Commission shall have the power to regulate its own procedure.
+(5) It shall be the duty of the Commission—
+(a) to investigate and monitor all matters relating to the safeguards
+provided for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes under this Constitution o
+r under any
+other law for the time being in force or under any order of the
+Government and to evaluate the working of such safeguards;
+(b) to inquire into specific complaints with respect to the
+deprivation of rights and safeguards of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribe
+s;
+(c) to participate and advise on the planning process of socioeconomic developme
+nt of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and to evaluate the
+progress of their development under the Union and any State;
+(d) to present to the President, annually and at such other times as the
+Commission may deem fit, reports upon the working of those safeguards;
+(e) to make in such reports recommendations as to the measures that
+should be taken by the Union or any State for the effective implementation of
+those safeguards and other measures for the protection, welfare and socioeconomi
+c development of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes; and
+(f) to discharge such other functions in relation to the protection,
+welfare and development and advancement of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tr
+ibes as
+the President may, subject to the provisions of any law made by
+Parliament, by rule specify.
+(6) The President shall cause all such reports to be laid before each
+House of Parliament along with a memorandum explaining the action taken or
+proposed to be taken on the recommendations relating to the Union and the
+reasons for the non-acceptance, if any, of any of such recommendations.
+
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+THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
+
+(7) Where any such report, or any part thereof, relates to any matter with
+which any State Government is concerned, a copy of such report shall be
+forwarded to the Governor of the State who shall cause it to be laid before the
+Legislature of the State along with a memorandum explaining the action taken
+or proposed to be taken on the recommendations relating to the State and the
+reasons for the non-acceptance, if any, of any of such recommendations.
+(8) The Commission shall, while investigating any matter referred to in
+sub-clause (a) or inquiring into any complaint referred to in sub-clause (b) of
+clause (5), have all the powers of a civil court trying a suit and in particular
+ in
+respect of the following matters, namely :—
+(a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person from
+any part of India and examining him on oath;
+(b) requiring the discovery and production of any document;
+(c) receiving evidence on affidavits;
+(d) requisitioning any public record or copy thereof from any
+court or office;
+(e) issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses and
+documents;
+(f) any other matter which the President may, by rule, determine.
+(9) The Union and every State Government shall consult the
+Commission on all major policy matters affecting Scheduled Castes and Scheduled 
+Tribes.
+(10) In this article, references to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes sh
+all be construed
+as including references to such other backward classes as the President may, on
+receipt of the report of a Commission appointed under clause (1) of article 340,
+by order specify and also to the Anglo-Indian community.
 
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