By way of background, in 1950 the Central government’s list of communities eligible for reservation did not include ‘Lohar’ under Scheduled Tribes. The list at serial number 20 included the tribe “Lohara” as a Scheduled Tribe for the State of Bihar.
In 1976, the the parliament brought the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Order (Amendment) Act, in the English version of which there was status quo with respect to Lohars, but in the Hindi version the words “Lohara” and “Lohra” were translated to “Lohar” and “Lohra”.
After this amendment act, the members of the Lohar community started claiming to be a Scheduled Tribe. In 2006, the parliament through an amendment act substituted the Hindi translation from ‘Lohar, Lohra’ to ‘Lohara, Lohra’. In 2016, parliament passed a connected repealing act and status quo was restored.
Source: Barandbench
