Classical Language case: Madras HC allows application by AP Offical Language Commission

Chennai, Nov 13: The impleading applications filed by the Andhra Pradesh Official Language Commission and Deepak Thimmaya, a scholar from Karnataka respectively were allowed by the Madras High Court in the writ petition filed by Shri R.Gandhi, Senior Counsel questioning the Committee of Linguistic Experts constituted by the Central Government to find whether Telugu and Kannada qualify to be declared as Classical languages.

Advocates K.V.Dhananjay and Y.Prakash appearing for the impleading applicants said that the Honourable First Bench comprising of the Chief Justice and Justice Ibrahim Kalifullah allowed the intervening applications and the case is now adjourned to 27th November 2008 for filing their objections to the writ petition.

The main objection raised by Andhra Pradesh Official Language Commission and Shri Deepak Thimmaya is on the jurisdiction of Madras High Court to entertain the writ petition. Further the locus standi of the writ petitioner to maintain the writ petition is challenged and therefore dismissal of the writ petition is sought for.

It is pertinent to point out that the Union government on Friday gave classical language status to Telugu and Kannada but the same would be subject to the verdict of the above writ petition pending before the Madras High Court.

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