THE CONSTITUTION (SEVENTY-SEVENTH AMENDMENT) ACT, 1995
[17th June, 1995.]
An Act further to amend the Constitution of India.
Be it enacted by Parliament in the Forty-sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
1. Short title.-This Act may be called the Constitution (Seventy-seventh Amendment) Act, 1995.
2. Amendment of article 16.-In article 16 of the Constitution, after clause (4), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:-
"(4A) Nothing in this article shall prevent the State from making any provision for reservation in matters of promotion to any class or classes of posts in the services under the State in favour of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes which, in the opinion of the State, are not adequately represented in the services under the State.". |
