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"15. It is for Parliament to amend the law and the Schedule and include in and exclude from the Schedule, a tribe or tribal community or part of or group within any tribe or tribal community for the State, District or region and its declaration is conclusive. The Court has no power to declare synonyms as equivalent to the Tribes specified in the Order or include in or substitute any caste / tribe etc. It would thus be clear that for the purpose of the Constitution, "Scheduled Tribes" defined under Article 366 (25 as substituted (sic) under the Act, and the Second Schedule thereunder are conclusive. Though evidence may be admissible to a limited extent or finding out whether the community which claims the status as Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe, was, in fact, included in the Schedule concerned, the Court is devoid of power to include in or exclude from or substitute or declare 5 wp5895.14 synonyms to be of a Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe or parts thereof or group of such caste or tribe."