Commission on Official Languages

Commission on Official Languages -

1. (1) The State Government shall, at the expiration of five years from the commencement of this Act, by order constitute a Commission on Official Languages of the State which shall consist of a Chairman and four other members of whom one shall be proficient in Urdu language to be appointed by the State Government and the order shall define the procedure to be followed by the Commission.
2. (2) It shall be the duty of the Commission to review the progress made in the use of the Telugu and Urdu Languages for the official purposes of the State and to make recommendations to the State Government as to –
   • (a) the progressive use of the Telugu and Urdu Languages for the official purposes of the State;
   • (b) restrictions on the use of the English language for all or any of the official purposes of the State;
   • (c) any other matter referred to the Commission by the State Government as regards the use of the Telugu and Urdu Languages.
3. (3) The Commission shall submit a report with its recommendations on the matters referred to in sub-section
4. (2) to the State Government, who shall cause the report to be laid before each House of the State Legislature.
5. (4) The State Government may, after consideration of the recommendations in the report so made by the Commission, issue directions in accordance with the whole or any part of that report.