The question is:
“That in amendment No. 63 of List II (Second Week), for the proposed article 299, the following be substituted :-‘299. (1) There shall be a special officer for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes to be appointed by the President. (2) The special officer in consultation with the President may appoint a special officer for each State who shall work exclusively under his superintendence, direction and control. (3) The special officer appointed either for the Union or for a State shall not be a member either of the Scheduled Tribes, the Scheduled Castes or of such other backward classes as the President may on receipt of the report of a commission appointed under clause (1) of Article 301 of this Constitution by order specify. (4) The salaries, allowances and pensions payable to the special officer for the Union and to the special officer for each State shall be expenditure charged on the revenues of India. (5) It shall be the duty of the special officer for the Union to make annual recommendations as to the steps that should be taken by the Union and by each State to improve the economic, educational and cultural level of the Scheduled Tribes, the Scheduled Castes or of such other backward classes as the President way on receipt of the report of a commission appointed tinder clause (1) of Article 301 of this Constitution by order specify and as to the sums that should be separately allotted in the annual budget of the Union Government and of each State Government for he purpose; and the President shall cause all such recommendations to be laid before Parliament. (6) Parliament shall have the power to reject or accept in whole or in parts any of the recommendations contained in the Report. (7) All State Governments shall be bound to make annual allotment in their budgets of such sums as Parliament may deem to be necessary for the purpose of giving effect to the recommendations contained in the Report of the special officer for the Union. (8) Until the appointment of the commission and consideration of its Report by the President under clause (1) of Article 301 of the Constitution the backward classes shall consist of such castes and communities as may be determined by the President. (9) The President may delegate the power to the special officer for the Union to supervise and give effect to all or any recommendations made by the commission appointed under Article 301 and accepted by the President. (10) All appointments to be made under clauses (1) and (2) of this Article shall be made from the following category of persons:–(a) Doctors(b) Scientists(c) Sociologists and(d) Anthropologists. (11) Parliament shall have the power to repeal or amend any or all of the provisions of this Article.'”
(The amendment was negatived.)