This document outlines the mandatory activities, responsible officers, and timelines for monitoring the implementation of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. Key activities include monthly reviews by district magistrates of case positions, submission of monthly reports by protection cells to state governments, half-yearly reviews by district magistrates of special public prosecutors, annual reports submitted by state governments to central government, and preparation of panels of public prosecutors and eminent advocates every three years at the state level. Non-compliance is to be addressed through representation to higher authorities or filing RTIs.

1. Date Month Activity Rule Responsible Officer
Review of the District Magistrate and the officer-in-charge of the prosecution at the District level on position of cases registered under the
Act and submition of a monthly report to the Director of Prosecution and the State Government.
4(4) District Magistrate (DM), In
charge Prosecutions (ICP)
and Director of Prosecutions
(DP)
Submission of monthly report by SC & ST Protection Cell at the State head quarter under the charge of Director General of
Police/Inspector General of Police to the State Government/ nodal officer about the action taken/proposed to be taken in respect of -
Conducting survey of the identified area and protection measures taken; making investigations about the probable causes leading to
an offence; Restoring the feeling of security; informing the nodal officer and special officer about the law and order situation in the
identified area; enquiries about he investigation and spot inspections conducted by various officers; enquiries about the action taken
by the Superintendent of Police in the cases where an officer in-charge of the police station has refused to enter an information in a book
to be maintained by that police station under sub-rule (3) of rule 5; enquiries about the willful negligence by a public servant; Reviewing
the position of cases registered under he Act;
8(1)xi SC/ST Protection Cell (In
some states clubbed with
the Directorate of Civil
Rights Enforcement, DCRE,
set up under the Protection
of Civil Rights Act, PCRA,
1955)
Half yearly review in month of January and December by the District Magistrate and the Director of Prosecution/in-charge of the
prosecution on the performance of Special Public Prosecutors so specified or appointed and submit a report to the State Government.
4(2) DM/DP
State level vigilance and monitoring committee meeting as Chief Minister/Administrator (in case of a State under President's Rule
Governor) its Chairman and review the implementation of the provisions of the Act, relief and rehabilitation facilities provided to the victims
and other matters connected therewith, prosecution of cases under the Act, role of different officers/agencies responsible for implementing
the provisions of the Act and various reports received by the State Government.
16(2) SVMC (Highlevel State
Vigilance and Monitoring
Committee)
30/31 March
Forwarding a report to the Central government by the state government about the measures taken for implmenting provisions of the act
and various schemes/plans framed by it during the previous claendar year.
18 State Government
(represented by the state
nodal officer under this Act,
often the Principal
Secretary, Social Welfare)
The district level vigilance and monitoring committee meeting District Magistrate as its chairman and District Social Welfare Officer as its
Mmeber- Scretary to review the implementation of the provisions of the Act, relief and rehabilitation facilities provided to the victims
and other matters connected therewith, prosecution of cases under the Act, role of different officers/ agencies responsible for
implementing the provisions of the Act and various reports received by th e District Administration
17(3) DVMC (District Vigilance
and Monitoring Committee)
Review by the Home Secretary and the Social Welfare Secretary to the State Government, Director of Prosecution, the officer in-charge of
Prosecution, and the Director General of Police on the position of all investigations done by the investigating officer.
7(3) State Secretary Home,
Social Welfare, DPP, OiC
Prosecution, DGP
(oftentimes the head of the
state SCs and STs
Protection Cell or DCRE)
Quarterly Review by the nodal officer 9 State Government (See 7(3)
above)
Review on the law and order situation, functioning of different committees, performance of Special Public Prosecutors, Investigating
Officers and other Officers responsible for implementing the provisions of the Act and the cases registered under the Act.
3(1) ix State Government (See 7(3)
above)
Annual
Placing on the table of each House of Parliament by the Central Government, a report on the measures taken by itself and by the State
Governments in pursuance of the provisions of this section
SC/ST
(PoA) Act
21(4)
Central Government to
parliament
Preparation of a panel of such number of eminent senior advocates for each District who has been in practice for not less than seven
years by the State Government on the recommendation of the District Magistrate for conducting cases in the Special Courts. The panel
shall be notified in the Official Gazette of the State and shall remain in force for a period of three years.
4(1) State Government (Nodal
officer with District
Magistrate of each district)
Prepare, in consultation with the Director Prosecution/incharge of the prosecution, a panel of such number of Public Prosecutors for
conducting cases in the Special Courts, shall also be specified. The panels shall be notified in the Official Gazette of the State and shall
remain in force for a period of three years.
4(1) State Government (Nodal
officer with Director of
Prosecution or in charge of
prosecution. The Director of
prosecution is a state level
post and the in charge is a
district level post.)
Calendar for Monitoring of Mandatory Provisions under SC/ST (PoA) Act & Rules
20
Jan-Dec (Every
Month)
30/31 January; July
How to monitor and ensure implementation of mandatory provisions of the Act
Represention to the officials responsible for convening and conducting respective meetings, reviews and submitting reports
File RTI applications to respective officers requesting copies of review reports, minutes of the meetings, and reports submitted to the authorities
Represention to higher authorities if such meetings, reviews and submission of reports are not done by the respective officer responsible
March; June:
September;
December
30/31
Once in three years (If
counting from 1995, then next
2013)
Monitoring Calendar CMASK page [1]
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