‘We will move Supreme Court’

The State Government has continued its defiant stand on the issue of implementing the order of a Division Bench of the Karnataka High Court on the language policy. Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa told presspersons here on Sunday that there was no change in the Government’s stand that Kannada should have primacy in school education. “We will move the Supreme Court seeking stay on the implementation of the orders passed by the Division Bench,” he said.

Admitting that there had been a delay by the Government in responding to the orders of the Division Bench last year, Mr. Yeddyurappa said he had discussed the implications of the observations of the High Court with the Primary and Secondary Education Minister Vishveshwar Hegde Kageri and Advocate-General Ashok Harnahalli.

“Soon after my return to Bangalore, I will again talk to Mr. Kageri and Mr. Harnahalli, chalk out the next course of action,” Mr. Yeddyurappa said.

Mr. Yeddyurappa said in Hubli on Sunday that the Government would send a proposal to the Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court on converting the Circuit Bench of the court in Dharwad into a permanent Bench. Speaking to presspersons before leaving for Gulbarga, he said he would speak to the Chief Justice and a proposal would be made to him on Monday.