Matters received for advice of National Commission for Scheduled Tribes from various Ministries/ Deptts. S. No Subject matter Received from and Reference of communication Reference of letter furnishing advice/ comments by the Commission (1) (2) (3) (4) 1 Comments on the Questionnaire received from Commission on Centre-State Relations [MHA] MHA Letter No. 364/2007-CCSR dated 01.03.2008 Letter No. MHA1/Devl../08/RU-III dated 25/08/2009 2 Reservation to Economically Backward Classes of General Category (unreserved category) NEBCC, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Letter No. 36/CEBC/2007 dated 15/01/2009 Letter No. MBS/Service/SJ& E/ EBC Reservation/ 2009/RU-II dt. 16/7/2009 3 Review of OM No. 36012/2/96Estt.(Res.) dated 02.07.1997 issued by DoPT following Supreme Court decision dated 10.02.1995 in the case of R. K. Sabharwal, in the light of the judgment of the Supreme Court dated 16.09.1999 in the case of Ajit Singh-II and the comments of Attorney General of India thereon. DoP&T Letter No. 36012/2/96Estt(Res.) Part-V dated 22/11/2007 Letter No. Policy06/Service/2008/R U-I dated 16/7/2009 4 Inclusion of 'MEDARA' community as a synonym of MEDA' community in the ST list of Karnataka (14th meeting) 02.09.2009 {MTA] MTA Letter 8/1/92-SS Letter No. RUIV/Service/Karnata ka-2/2007 dated 11/09/2009 and 19/07/10 5 Draft policy for Shompens, a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PTG) of A&N Islands [MTA] MTA Letter No. 17014/5/08-C& LMI dated 12.08.2009 Letter No. 15/1/2009/STGAN / DEOTH/RU-III dated 18.09.2009 6 Revised 'The Delhi Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Bill 2009 to provide for the reservation in admission of the students belonging to the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes Directorate of Higher Education, Govt. of NCT Letter No. DHE.6(79)/200708/Part File-I/4346 dated 16/10/2009 Letter No. 17/5/2009/STGDH / DEEDUC/ RU-I dt. 13/11/2009 No. (Karnataka) dated 27/12/2006 7 Draft Bill to regulate the issue of Community Certificate to persons belonging to SCs / STs / OBCs as per the directions of the Supreme Court of India in CA No. 4545 of 1994 ( in the matter of Director of Tribal Welfare, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh V/s Lavette Giri and Anothers) MTA Letter No. 12014/1/08-C&LM-I dated 19/02/2009 Letter No. NKG/2/2009/MTA F1/ SEOTH/RU-II dt. 01/12/2009 8 Summary Report of the Committee on draft Policy on Criminal Justice along with the copy of the Chapter 8.4 titled “Criminal Justice involving Dalits and Tribals”. MTA OM No. 12025/03/2007C&LM II dated 12/09/2007 Letter No. Policy1/MTA/Atrocity/20 07/ RU-II dt. 01/12/2009 9 Proposal of the Govt. of Orissa for seeking assent of the President of India to the Orissa Scheduled Areas Transfer of Immovable Property (By Scheduled Tribes) Amendment Regulation, 2009 MTA Letter No. 4/3/2009CP&R/C&LM II dated 27.10.2009 Letter No. 14/6/09/Devl./Oris sa/ Policy/RU-III dated 05.11.2009 10 Grant of reservation to migrant MHA Letter No. USCs/ STs in civil posts under 13028/31/2006the Government of NCT of Delhi Delhi-I dated 27.11.09 Letter No. 12/01/10-Coord dated 20.07.2010 11 Amendment to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Rules, 1995 Letter No Policy1/ATROCITY/MTA / 2010/RU-II dated 26.03.2010 MTA Letter No. 16/12/2009-CP&R dated 04.12.2009 Matters considered Suo-moto and Court Cases (3) (4) (1) (2) 12 The Scheduled Castes and the Suo-moto Scheduled Tribes (Reservation in Posts and Services) Bill 2008 Letter no 13/1/NCST/ 2004-Admn/RU-I dated 26/03/2010 to DoP&T 13 Representation of all Scheduled Tribes in the Sikkim Legislative Assembly in the context of the proposal of the State Govt for increase of Assembly seats in the Sikkim from 32 to 40 Letter No Sikkim2/Inclusion/Service/ 2006/RU-II dated 01/12/2009 to MHA Out of representation from SIBLAC regarding reservation of seats in the Assembly dated 31/10/2006 14 Amendment of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 for providing time bound disposal of cases by the Special Courts Suo-Moto 15 Writ Petition (S) No.6337 of 2008 in Chhattisgarh High Court at Bilaspur, filed by Shri M.K. Chaudhary & Others vs. State of Chhattisgarh & 12 Others regarding denial of promotion to SCs and STs Officers of Chhattisgarh State Electricity Board after bifurcation of Madhya Pradesh State Electricity Board, consequent to re-organisation of MP State in the year 2001 (12th Meeting, 24.06.2009) 16 Writ Petition (Civil) No. 590 of Supreme Court 2008 of Shri Surmukh Singh Notice dated vs Union of India and Ors. in 23/12/2008 the Supreme Court of India regarding rotation of reserved Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies in the State of Haryana and also in whole of India after each General Assembly/ Parliamentary Election respectively. (13the Meeting 3rd July) 17 Writ Petition No. 3528 of 2009 High Court of filed by Shri Purushottam Maharashtra, Sonkusre vs Delimitation Nagpur Bench Commission, New Delhi & Ors. in the High Court of Bombay, Nagpur Bench challenging the list of Assembly constituencies reserved for STs in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Letter No. 6/3/2006/Atrocity/ RU-II dated 16.07.2009 To M/o SJ&E The draft affidavit was forwarded to the Assistant Solicitor General of India at Bilaspur vide letter dated 02/01/2009 for preparing the final affidavit to be filed on behalf of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes in the High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur in the above WP. Response from the ASG is awaited CA filed in the Supreme Court as confirmed by the GSC on 04/02/2010 The views of the Commission were communicated to the Ministry of Law & Justice and the Ministry of Tribal Affairs vide Commission’s letter dated 18.03.2010