Lok Sabha Question No. 1158 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-07-28
Subject: Scheduled Castes Commissions
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: RAJESHBHAI NARANBHAI CHUDASAMA

**GOVERNMENT OF INDIA**

**MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE & EMPOWERMENT**

**LOK SABHA**

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#### UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1158

#### TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.07.2015

**1158.  SCHEDULED CASTES COMMISSIONS**

**SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA:**

**Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be pleased to state:**

(a) whether all the States have duly constituted Scheduled Castes Commission and if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and

(b) the details of the cases pertaining to the deprivation of rights and safeguards of the Scheduled Castes registered, investigated and decided by the State Scheduled Castes Commissions including the National Scheduled Castes Commission, during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise?

**ANSWER**

MINISTER OF STATE FOR Social Justice and Empowerment

**(SHRI VIJAY SAMPLA)**

(a) & (b): The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) was constituted under Article 338 of the Constitution. A statement showing the details of the cases pertaining to the deprivation of rights and safeguards of the Scheduled Castes registered, investigated and decided by the NCSC (Headquarters and State Offices) during the each of the last three years and the current year is Annexed.

No data in respect of the Scheduled Castes Commission constituted by the States is maintained by this Ministry.

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**ANNEXURE**

**STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION DIARY NO. 3097**

**BY SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA FOR 28.7.2015**

| **S.No.**   | **Name of NCSC State Office**        | **No. of cases received (registered)**   | **No. of cases  decided**   | **No. of cases received (registered)**   | **No. of cases  decided**   | **No. of cases received (registered)**  **   | **No. of cases decided**   | **No. of cases received (registered)**  *   | **No. of cases decided**   |
|-------------|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|             |                                      | **2012**                                 |                             | **2013**                                 |                             | **2014-15**                                  |                            | **2015-16 (UPTO 31.5.2015)**                |                            |
| 1           | **NCSC State Office Agartala**       | 15                                       | 8                           | 16                                       | 8                           | 244                                          | 34                         | 213                                         | 87                         |
| 2           | NCSC State Office Ahmedabad          | 576                                      | 358                         | 318                                      | 232                         | 764                                          | 30                         | 935                                         | 42                         |
| 3           | NCSC State Office Bangalore          | 332                                      | 60                          | 399                                      | 149                         | 896                                          | 148                        | 738                                         | 23                         |
| 4           | NCSC State Office Chandigarh         | 801                                      | 393                         | 1235                                     | 481                         | 2356                                         | 328                        | 2192                                        | 133                        |
| 5           | **NCSC State Office**  C  **hennai** | 1311                                     | 1296                        | 1310                                     | 1281                        | 5719                                         | 631                        | 5253                                        | 0                          |
| 6           | NCSC State office Guwahati           | 31                                       | 29                          | 58                                       | 54                          | 86                                           | 80                         | 111                                         | 0                          |
| 7           | **NCSC State Office Hyderabad**      | 795                                      | 451                         | 1051                                     | 791                         | 2326                                         | 1156                       | 1288                                        | 28                         |
| 8           | **NCSC State Office Kolkata**        | 247                                      | 146                         | 277                                      | 167                         | 787                                          | 513                        | 363                                         | 0                          |
| 9           | **NCSC State Office Lucknow**        | 2553                                     | 1268                        | 2861                                     | 1477                        | 4506                                         | 3528                       | 1262                                        | 432                        |
| 10          | NCSC State Office Patna              | 803                                      | 756                         | 877                                      | 669                         | 1530                                         | 735                        | 883                                         | 28                         |
| 11          | NCSC State Office Pune               | 344                                      | 277                         | 600                                      | 264                         | 1064                                         | 505                        | 600                                         | 0                          |
| 12          | NCSC State Office Thiruvananthapuram | 188                                      | 138                         | 195                                      | 150                         | 497                                          | 51                         | 458                                         | 73                         |
| 13          | **NCSC Hqrs.**                       | 363                                      | 26                          | 602                                      | 21                          | 9728                                         | 621                        | 9405                                        | 518                        |

**including closing balance of pending 2013-14 cases

* including closing balance of pending 2014-15