Official letters must be in Telugu

Warangal, July 22: The Official Language Commission on Saturday directed the officials to return the official letters written in English.

Reviewing the implementation of Telugu in four districts — Karimnagar, Warangal, Nalgonda, and Khammam — at a regional level review meet here, the commission chief A.B.K. Prasad said that it should be mandatory to use Telugu in all official correspondence.

“All the letters that come in English should be promptly sent back,” he added. He expressed dissatisfaction over the police department, which is still registering cases in English, and resulting in confusion among the victims. The education department has also got a specific directive not to permit more English medium schools and in every school, Telugu should be one of the subjects.

Responding to a query, Mr Prasad said that the commission had already taken up with the private television channels to improve language of their anchors and instruct them not to speak broken Telugu wilfully. The commission chief stated that the budget proposals in the Assembly would be introduced in Telugu so as to promote the use of Telugu in the legislative house.

Giving details about the implementation Telugu, he said that all the names in the attendance register should be written in Telugu and all the internal records should also be maintained in the official language. The veteran journalist stated that it was high time that there should be all-round awareness on the need to use mother tongue.

Courtesy: Deccan Chronicle