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Repeal of Ordinance 6 of 1999 ANDHRA PRADESH SCHEDULED CASTES (RATIONALISATION OF RESERVATIONS) ACT, 2000 (Act No. 20 of 2000) [2nd May, 2000] AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR RATIONALISATION OF RESERVATIONS TO SCHEDULED CASTES IN THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH TO ENSURE THEIR UNIFIED AND UNIFORM PROGRESS IN THE SOCIETY AND FOR MATTERS CONNECTED THEREWITH AND INCIDENTAL THERETO. Whereas, the fifty nine Scheduled Castes specified in the list of Scheduled Castes with the respect to the State of Andhra Pradesh are provided with reservation of 15% of posts in public service and seats in educational institutions. And whereas, the State shall promote with special care the educational and economic interests, in particular, of the Scheduled castes and shall protect them from nodal injustice and all forms of exploitation as enjoined under article 46 of Part IV Directive Principles of State Policy of the Constitution of India; And whereas, the State shall endeavour to eliminate inequalities in status, facilities and opportunities, not only amongst the individuals but also amongst groups of people residing in different areas or engaged in different vocations as enjoined under article 38(2) of Part IV Directive Principle of State Policy of the Constitution of India; And whereas, the Constitutional mandate guarantees social justice and equality of opportunity in the Preamble and Fundamental Rights, more particularly the Right to Equality under articles 14 to 16 read with articles 38, 39, 41 and 46 with protective discrimination to minimise inequalities in favour of socially and educationally backward classes of citizens including the Scheduled Castes; And whereas, the State shall ensure that the Scheduled Castes which form the most backward classes in the society achieve unified and uniform progress collectively and combindly; And whereas, to transform the said constitutional goal into a reality, the State should strive to make available, the benefits of reservation for an equal and equitable enjoyment by all the scheduled castes; And whereas, it has been decided to give effect to the constitutional mandate by rationalising the reservations to Scheduled Castes, without in any way touching upon or interfering with the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950 as amended by the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Order (Amendment) Act, 1976. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Andhra Pradesh in the Fifty-first Year of the Republic of India as follows:-