Functions of the Commission

Functions of the Commission:

1. (1) The Commission shall perform all or any of the following functions, namely:—
   • (a) to investigate and examine the working of various safeguards provided in the Constitution of India or under any other law for the time being in force for the protection of the Scheduled Castes and to make recommendations as to the measures that should be taken by the Government for the effective implementation of those safeguards;
   • (b) to inquire into specific complaints with respect to the deprivation of rights and safeguards of the Scheduled Castes;
   • (c) to participate and advise on the planning process of socio-economic development of the Scheduled Castes and to evaluate the progress of their development under the State or any other law for the time being in force;
   • (d) to present to the Government, annually and at such other times, as the Commission may deem fit, reports upon the working of those safeguards;
   • (e) to make in such reports recommendations as to the measures that should be taken by the Government for the effective implementation of those safeguards and other measures for the protection, welfare and socio-economic development of the Scheduled Castes; and
   • (f) to discharge such other functions in relation to the protection, welfare, development and advancement of the Scheduled Castes as may be prescribed: Provided that if any matter specified in this sub-section is dealt with by the National Commission for Scheduled Castes constituted under Article 338 of the Constitution of India, the State Commission for Scheduled Castes shall cease to have jurisdiction on such matter.
2. (2) The Government shall cause the reports referred to in clause
   • (d) of sub-section
3. (1) to be laid before the Legislative Assembly along with a memorandum explaining the action taken or proposed to be taken on the recommendations relating to the State and the reasons for the non-acceptance, if any, of any such recommendations.