Recently, the Allahabad High Court quashed the Uttar Pradesh government’s order to notify 17 OBCs as scheduled caste.
It said that as per the provisions of Article 341 of the Constitution, any Caste or Group cannot be added to the list of Scheduled Caste in a State, except by law made by Parliament.
Article 341 says that any change to the list of Scheduled Castes specified in the President’s order can only be made by Parliament by law.