110 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
142 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY, FEB. 26,1948
to any disability, liability, restriction or condition with regard to— (a) access to shops, public restaurants, hotels and places of public entertainment, or
(b) the use of wells, tanks, roads and places of public resort maintained wholly or partly out of the revenues of the State or dedicated to the use of the general public.
(2) Nothing in this article shall prevent the State from making any special provision for women and children.
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Equality of opportunity in matters of public employment.
Abolition of Untouchability.
(4) Nothing in this article shall affect the operation of any law which provides that the incumbent of an office in connection with the affairs of any religious or denominational institution or any member of the governing body thereof shall be a person professing a particular religion or belonging to a particular denomination.
“Untouchability” is abolished and its practice in any form is forbidden. The enforcement of any disability arising out of “Uhtouchability” shall be an offence punishable in accordance with law.
(1) There shall be equality of opportunity for all citizens in matters of employment under the State.
(2) No citizen shall, on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, descent, place of birth or any of 15 them, be ineligible for any office under the State.
(3) Nothing in this article shall prevent the State from making any provision for the reservation of appointments or posts in favour of any backward class of citizens who, in the opinion of the State, are 20 not adequately represented in the services under the State.
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Abolition of 12. (1) No title shall be conferred by the State. titles. (2) No citizen of India shall accept any title from any foreign State. 35
(3) No person holding any office of profit or trust under the State shall, without the consent of the President, accept any present, emolument, title or office of any kind from or under any foreign State. 40
*The Committee is of opinion that before the words “class of citizens” the word “backward” should be inserted.