NITYANAND SHARMA vs STATE OF BIHAR .

The Supreme Court addressed the constitutional power to declare a tribe as Scheduled Tribe under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Order, 1950, as amended by the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act, 1976. The Court held that the Lohar community is recognized as a Scheduled Tribe based on previous judgments, including Shambhu Nath vs. State of Bihar, and that the High Court's dismissal of the appellants' writ petition was erroneous. The Court emphasized the enforcement of the Hindi version of the notification as a constitutional right.