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File response within six weeks over Dogri as subject: DB to Govt 7/21/2015 12:07:44 AM Early Times Report Jammu, July 20:In a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by Vikram Malhotra social activist and a politician seeking direction to State for implementing the Government order no 222 Edu of 2006 in regard introduce Dogri Subject in all private as well as Govt Schools, a Division Bench (DB) of State High Court comprising Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur and Justice Janak Raj Kotwal issued notice to State of J&K through Commissioner/Secretary Education, Chairman Board of School Education and Union Home Ministry through its Secretary returnable within four weeks and also directed to file response. Today when this PIL came-up for hearing, the Division Bench of State High Court after hearing Adv Abhinav Sharma with Adv Tarun Sharma appearing for the PIL issued notice to State of J&K through Commissioner/Secretary Education, Chairman Board of School Education and Union Home Ministry through its Secretary returnable within four weeks and also directed to file response. In the PIL petitioner also has sought direction to Union Home Ministry to order the Department of census to rectify its Linguistic survey of 2001 details with regard to mother tongues being spoken in J&K as available on its website, and place Kishtwari, Siraji under the parent Family of Dogri and also Bhaderwahi from the parent family of Hindi to its original parent Family which is Dogri. In the PIL petitioner stated as such, our constitution of India classifies the minorities in two categories namely Linguistic Minorities and Religion based Minorities. But there has been no subtle initiative taken by the state Government of J&K to protect the rights of linguistic minorities, inspite of the endeavor taken by the framers of Indian constitution in form of Article 29, which clearly envisages the protection of cultural rights as well as the educational rights of minorities existing throughout the territorial bounds of India. Petitioner has said that there is a dire need for protection of the mother tongue being spoken by the linguistic minorities belonging to the state of J&K, otherwise the sole identity of these linguistic minorities which entirely depends on their mother tongue or language being spoken by these minority groups, will soon become a mere fiction if instant steps are not taken to conserve and protect the mother tongue of these minority groups. (JNF)   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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