Duties and functions of the Commission

(1) The Commission shall have the following duties: (a) to investigate and monitor all matters relating to the safeguards provided for the Scheduled Castes under the Constitution or under any other law for the time being in force or under any order of the State Government and to evaluate the working of such safeguards; (b) to investigate 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; (d) to present to the State Government, annually and at such other times as the Commission may deem fit, reports upon the working of those safeguards; (e) to make recommendations in such reports as to the measures that should be taken by the State Government for the effective implementation of those safeguards and other measures for the protection, welfare and socio-economic development of the Scheduled Castes; (f) to discharge such other functions in relation to the protection, welfare, development and advancement of the Scheduled Castes as may be specified by the State Government. (2) The State Government shall cause the reports of the Commission to be laid before the State Legislative Assembly along with a memorandum explaining the action taken or proposed to be taken on the recommendations of the Commission and the reasons, if any, for non-acceptance of any such recommendation.