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<span style="margin-left:5px" class=""></span><a style="margin-left:0px" href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Madras-High-Court" target="">Madras High Court</a><span style="padding:0px 5px">|</span><a style="margin-left:0px" href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/link-language-in-Puducherry" target="">link language in Puducherry</a><span style="padding:0px 5px">|</span><a style="margin-left:0px" href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/four-language-formula-in-Puducherry" target="">four-language formula in Puducherry</a><span style="padding:0px 5px"></span></div><div class=""><div class="">RELATED</div><br><br>CHENNAI: Refusing to interfere with the four-language formula in the
Union Territory of Puducherry, Madras high court has said English would
continue to be the link language for transaction of official business
and in the interest of public service. <br><br> According to language
policy of Puducherry, Tamil will be the official language for all or any
of official purposes, whereas Malayalam may be used for official
purposes in Mahe region and Telugu in Yanam region. English may be used
for all or the official purposes, meaning it could act as link languages
common to all regions in the Union Territory. The PIL, filed by Puduvai
Kalai Ilakkia Peru Mandram wanted to direct the territorial
administration to adhere to its language policy in 'letter and spirit.''
<br><br> The first bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul
and Justice M Sathyanarayanan, concurring with the submissions of senior
government pleader and public prosecutor T Murugesan on Thursday,
refused to issue any direction to that effect saying: "The notification
has been issued keeping in mind the peculiarity of the Union Territory
of Puducherry, where there are people from different regions speaking
different languages. The local languages are three in number and that is
why Section 3 refers to the area and the respective language for that
area, with a non-obstante clause for official communication in English
on account of there being really three local languages. Thus, a
four-language formula is applied specially, as even the officers may be
using one language or the other in their respective areas." <br><br> The
counter-affidavit of the territorial administration too made it clear
that English language continued to be the link language among all
officers working in all the four regions - Puducherry, Karaikal, Mahe
and Yanam - to avoid deviation in official business and in the interest
of public service. <br><br> As for the PIL's give Tamil its due
importance, it said separate cell - Tamil Development Wing - is proposed
to be created in the chief secretariat. The legislative business is
also carried out in Tamil, it said, adding: "The determination of
government of Puducherry to implement the use of Tamil in all official
correspondence in a phase manner has been set out, and a separate cell
is created involving a cost of 10 crore per annum." </div><div style="border-bottom:1px solid black;padding-bottom:5px" class="" id="inc_dec"><span id="storyendpath"></span><div style="margin:10px 0px"> </div><p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0px;padding:0px"><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/English-to-continue-as-link-language-in-Puducherry-Court/articleshow/42400463.cms">http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/English-to-continue-as-link-language-in-Puducherry-Court/articleshow/42400463.cms</a><br></p></div></div></span></div></div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>**************************************<br>N.b.: Listing on the lgpolicy-list is merely intended as a service to its members<br>and implies neither approval, confirmation nor agreement by the owner or sponsor of the list as to the veracity of a message's contents. Members who disagree with a message are encouraged to post a rebuttal, and to write directly to the original sender of any offensive message. A copy of this may be forwarded to this list as well. (H. Schiffman, Moderator)<br><br>For more information about the lgpolicy-list, go to <a href="https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/">https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/</a><br>listinfo/lgpolicy-list<br>*******************************************
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