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(1) The President 2[may with respect to any State 3[or Union territory], and where it is a State 4***, after consultation with the Governor 5*** thereof,] by Appointment of a Commission to investigate the conditions of backward classes. Scheduled Castes. 1Subs by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 29 and Sch., for “any such State”. 2Subs. by the Constitution (First Amendment) Act, 1951, s. 10, for “may, after consultation with the Governor or Rajpramukh of a State”. 3Ins. by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 29 and Sch. 4The words and letters “specified in Part A or Part B of the First Schedule” omitted by s. 29 and Sch., ibid. 5The words “or Rajpramukh” omitted by s. 29 and Sch., ibid. 210 THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA (Part XVI.—Special Provisions relating to certain Classes.—Arts. 339—341.) public notification1, specify the castes, races or tribes or parts of or groups within castes, races or tribes which shall for the purposes of this Constitution be deemed to be Scheduled Castes in relation to that State 2[or Union territory, as the case may be]. (2) Parliament may by law include in or exclude from the list of Scheduled Castes specified in a notification issued under clause (1) any caste, race or tribe or part of or group within any caste, race or tribe, but save as aforesaid a notification issued under the said clause shall not be varied by any subsequent notification.