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2024 (8) TMI 458
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....e petitioners in W.P.No.13043 and 13046 of 2024, Sri P. Venkata Prasad, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner in W.P.No.14904 of 2024, Sri O. Uday Kumar, learned counsel appearing for the 1st respondent, Sri Y.N. Vivekananda, learned counsel appearing for the other official respondents, and the appellate authority, who is arrayed as the 3rd respondent in W.P.No.13043 and 13046 of 2024, appearing in person. 2. As all the three writ petitions arise out of a common issue they are being disposed of by way of this common order. 3. At the outset, it may be stated that this judgment is not on the merits of any of the three cases and is only dealing with the question of whether the appellate order under Section 107 of the CGST Act, 2017 c....
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....e-laws would be in English, would not be applicable to adjudicatory orders and they can be furnished in Hindi. b) The report of the Law Commission of India (Report No.216, December 2008) at page 36 mentions that nothing prevents a Government Officer from passing orders in Hindi, as these orders can be challenged in the High Courts and Supreme Courts by producing English translations of the said orders. c) Article 343 of the Constitution of India states that "Hindi in Devanagari Script" with international form of Indian Numerals is the official language of Union of India and the status of "English" is that of an associate language. d) Article 344 of the Constitution of India provides that for the Constitution of an....
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.... India provides for constitution of a Commission for making recommendations in relation to the progressive use of Hindi language in the official offices of the Union and to make recommendations to the President in this regard. Apart from this, a Committee consisting of Members of Parliament is to be constituted for the purpose of examining the recommendations of the Commission and to report their opinion on these recommendations, to the Hon'ble President. It may also be noted that, the Commission is to make its recommendations having due regard to the just claims and interests of persons belonging to non-Hindi speaking areas in regard to the public services. 9. A Committee was appointed under Clause 4 of Article 344 to examine the recomm....
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.... and agreements executed, and licenses, permits, notices and forms of tender issued, by or on behalf of the Central Government or any Ministry, Department or office thereof or by a corporation or company owned or controlled by the Central Government or by any office of such corporation or company. 11. The Central Government, under Section 8 of the Act, had made Rules known as the Official Language (Use for Official Purposes of the Union) Rules, 1976 (for short the 'Rules'). Rule 6 of the Rules states that both Hindi and English shall be used for all documents referred to in Section 3(3) of the Act and it shall be the responsibility of the persons signing such documents to ensure that such documents are made, executed or issued both in Hi....