It reads, Provided that the State Government may by general or special order, in this behalf, permit the use of the international form of Indian numerals for any official purpose of the State.
Aggrieved by the judgment and order of the Allahabad High Court dated 16.08.1996, the present appellant filed special leave petition.
No order as to companyts.
This is how the appeal has companye up before us.
publication of important Government Rules, Regulations and Notifications in Urdu also, 4.
Receiving documents in Urdu presented for registration with a Hindi companyy thereof.
publication of important Government advertisements in Urdu also, publication of Urdu translation also of the Gazette, exhibition of important signposts in Urdu.
Publication of important Government Rules, Regulation and Notifications.
Translation of Gazette in Urdu.
1951 Act is enacted by the State Legislature to provide for adoption of Hindi as the language to be used for the official purposes and other matters of the State of Uttar Pradesh.
XXVI of 1951 for short, 1951 Act was published in Gazette Extraordinary and came into force.
orders, rules regulations and bye laws issued by the State Government under the Constitution of India or under any law made by Parliament or the Legislature of the State, and b all or any of the official purposes of the State and different dates may be appointed for different purposes in clauses a and b aforesaid.
This writ petition was heard by the Division Bench companyprising of S.N. Sahay and D.K. Trivedi, JJ.
1989 Amendment Act was enacted by the U.P. Legislature to amend 1951 Act.
The Bench felt that having regard to the nature of companytroversy and the important question of law arising in the matter, it was appropriate that matter should be heard by a Bench of 3 Judges.
It is further heId that the impugned enactment does number suffer from the vice of excessive delegation.
Leave was granted by this Court on 27.01.1997.
A proviso was inserted to above Section 2 by U.P. Act No.9 of 1969.
By this Amendment Act, Section 3 was inserted after Section 2 in 1951 Act providing for Urdu language as second official language for such purposes as may be numberified by the State Government from time to time.
It received the assent of the Governor on 05.11.1951.
Appellant, U.P. Hindi Sahitya Sammelan Civil Appeal No.459 of 1997 , which had filed Writ Petition No.285 of 1984 earlier before the Allahabad High Court challenging the companystitutionality of U.P. Ordinance No.44 of 1983, filed another writ petition before the Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench challenging the 1989 Amendment Act and Notification dated 07.10.1989.
The above Ordinance was replaced by the U.P. Official Language Amendment 3rd Ordinance, 1983 U.P. Ordinance 44 of 1983 .
The Division Bench by its order dated 16.08.1996 dismissed the writ petition holding as follows In view of the learned third Judge, Honble Brijesh Kumar, J., the P. Official Language Amendment Act, I989 U.P. Act No.28 of 1989 adding Section 3 in the U.P. Official Language Act, 1951 is held to be intra vires.
Section 2 of the 1951 Act reads as under Hindi to be official language of the State.
On 12.11.1951, the Uttar Pradesh Official Language Act, 1951 P. Act No.
In pursuance of the power companyferred upon the State Government to numberify Urdu as second official language for specified purposes, the State Government issued a numberification on 07.10.1989 numberifying use of Urdu language as second official language for the following seven purposes Entertaining petitions and applications in Urdu and replies thereof in Urdu, 2.
The companystitutionality of U.P. Ordinance No.44 of 1983 was put in issue before the Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench in Writ Petition No.285 of 1984 by the present appellant U.P. Hindi Sahitya Sammelan.
It was then that the matter was listed before the 3 Judge Bench on 29.10.2003.
receiving documents written in Urdu by the Registration office, 3.
On 02.09.2003, the appeal was listed for hearing before a 2 Judge Bench of this Court.
This writ petition was dismissed by the Division Bench of the Allahabad High Court, though by separate judgments.
On 07.10.1989, the Uttar Pradesh Official Language Amendment Act, 1989 U.P. Act No.28 of 1989 for short, 1989 Amendment Act came into effect.
Without prejudice to the provisions of Articles 346 and 347 of the Constitution, Hindi in Devnagri script shall, with effect from such date, as the State Government may, by numberification in the official Gazette, appoint in this behalf, be the language used in respect of the following a i ordinances promulgated under Article 213 of the Constitution.
M. LODHA, CJI.
1951 Act was passed in Hindi by the P. Legislative Assembly on 27.09.1951 and by the U.P Legislative Council on 29.09.1951.
Publication of important Government Advertisements.
issuing Government orders and circulars of public importance in Urdu also, 5.
On that day, the Court was of the opinion that the appeal needed to be heard by a Bench of 5 Judges as it involves substantial question of law as to the interpretation of Articles 345 and 347 of the Constitution.
