Bangalore: Karnataka government on Monday asked
the Centre to ensure "convergence" in the approach of the two
governments when the state`s appeal in Supreme Court against
an order of the High Court on its language policy comes up for
hearing this month.
"It may be advisable for governments of India and
Karnataka to adopt a similar stand while filing the counter
affidavit before Supreme Court when the state`s Special
Leave Petition comes for hearing by this month end", Chief
Minister B S Yeddyurappa said in a letter to Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh.
The Karnataka High Court had on July 2, 2008 struck down
the 1994 language policy that made Kannada the compulsory
medium of instruction in primary schools. Challenging this,
the state has filed the SLP in the Apex court.
Seeking to capitalise on the Right of Children to Free and
Compulsory Education Act recently enacted by Parliament,
Yeddyurappa said Section 29 (2)(f) of the Act stated that the
medium of instructions shall, as far as practicable, be in the
child`s mother tongue.
"I request that you may kindly advise the Ministry of HRD
in this regard so that there is convergence in approach
between the Centre and the state when the matter is heard by
Supreme Court," he said in the letter.
Bureau Report
Karnataka government on Monday asked
the Centre to ensure "convergence" in the approach of the two
governments when the state`s appeal in Supreme Court against
an order of the High Court on its language policy comes up for
hearing this month.
