- These rules may be called the Official Languages (Use for Official Purposes of the Union) Rules, 1976.
- They shall extend to the whole of India, except the State of Tamilnadu.
- They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
- "Act" means the Official Languages Act, 1963 (19 of 1963):
- "Central Government Office" includes :-
- any Ministry, Department or office of the Central Government,
- any office of a Commission, Committee or Tribunal appointed by the Central Government; and
- any office of a corporation or company owned or controlled by the Central Government ;
Provided that these communications shall be in Hindi in such proportion as the Central Government may, having regard to the number of persons having working knowledge of Hindi in such offices, the facilities for sending communications in Hindi and matters incidental thereto, determine from time to time ;
- Where that communication is addressed to an office in Region "A" or Region "B", be provided, if necessary, at the receiving end ;
- where the communication is addressed to an office in Region "C", be provided alongwith such communication ;
- An employee may submit an application, appeal or representation in Hindi or in English.
- Any Application, appeal or representation referred to in sub-rule (1) when made or signed in Hindi, shall be replied to in Hindi.
- Where an employee desires any order or notice relating to service matters (including disciplinary proceedings) required to be served on him to be in Hindi, or as the case may be, in English, it shall be given to him in that language without undue delay.
- an employee may record a note or minute on a file in Hindi or in English without being himself required to furnish a translation thereof in the other language.
- No Central Government employee possessing a working knowledge of Hindi may ask for an English translation of any document in Hindi except in the case of documents of legal or technical nature.
- If any question arises as to whether a particular document is of a legal or technical nature, it shall be decided by the Head of the Department or office.
- Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (1), the Central Government may, by order specify the notified offices where Hindi alone shall be used for noting, drafting and for such other official purposes as may be specified in the order by employees who possess proficiency in Hindi.
- he has passed the Matriculation or any equivalent or higher examination with Hindi as the medium of examination ; or
- he has taken Hindi as an elective subject in the degree examination or any other examination equivalent to or higher than the degree examination; or
- he declares himself to possess proficiency in Hindi in the form annexed to these rules.
- An employee shall be deemed to have acquired a working knowledge of Hindi -
- If he has passed -
- the Matriculation or an equivalent or higher examination with Hindi as one of the subjects ; or
- the Pragya examination conducted under the Hindi Teaching Scheme of the Central Government or when so specified by that Government in respect of any particular category of posts, any lower examination under that Scheme ; or
- any other examination specified in that behalf by the Central Government; or
- It shall be the responsibility of the administrative head of each Central Government office-
- to ensure that the provisions of the Act and these rules and directions issued under Rule (2) are properly complied with ; and
- to devise suitable and effective check-point for this purpose.
[ TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, PART-II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i) ]
Government of India
Ministry of Home Affairs
Department of Official Language
New Delhi, Date: August, 2007
G. S. R. In exercise of the powers conferred by section 8, read with sub-section (4) of section 3 of the Official Languages Act, 1963 (19 of 1963) , the Central Government hereby make the following rules further to amend the Official Languages (Use for Official Purposes of the Union) Rules, 1976, namely:-
- These rules may be called the Official Languages (Use for Official Purposes of the Union) Amendment Rules, 2007.
- They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
- “Region A” means the States of Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttrakhand and National Capital Territory of Delhi, and the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands;’
(File No. I/14034/02/2007-O.L. (Policy-1)
(P.V. Valsala G. Kutty)
JOINT SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
[PUBLISHED IN THE PART-II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i) OF THE GAZETTE OF INDIA]
Appearing on Page Nos. 576-577
Government of India
Ministry of Home Affairs
Department of Official Language
New Delhi, 4th May, 2011
NOTIFICATION
G.S.R. 145 In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 8, read with sub-section (4) of section 3 of the Official Languages Act, 1963 (19 of 1963), the Central Government hereby make the following rules further to amend the Official Languages (Use for Official Purposes of the Union) Rules, 1976, namely:-
- These rules may be called the Official Languages (Use for Official Purposes of the Union) Amendment Rules, 2011.
- They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
- “Region B” means the States of Gujarat, Maharashtra and Punjab and the Union territories of Chandigarh, Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli;’
(F. No. I/4034/02/2010-O.L. (Policy-1)
D.K.Pandey, Joint Secretary
Note: The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India vide number G.S.R. 1052, dated the 17th July, 1976 and subsequently amended vide numbers G.S.R. 790, dated the 24th October, 1987 and G.S.R.162, dated the 3rd August, 2007.
- If he has passed -