# USE OF HINDI WRITTEN IN DEVANAGRI SCRIPT

- **Citation:** C.L. No. 14/X-e-5
- **Court:** Allahabad High Court
- **Decided:** 1976-11-15
- **Case number:** C.L. No. 14/X-e-5
- **Source:** https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/allahabad-high-court/use-of-hindi-written-in-devanagri-script-163001
- **Pages:** 2

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USE OF HINDI WRITTEN IN DEVANAGRI SCRIPT
C.L. No. 14/X-e-5 dated 23rd September, 1952 read with
C.L. No. 16/X-e-5 dated 11th February, 1953
Difficult Urdu or Persian words should be avoided and replaced by more easily
understandable Hindi words. So far as possible Hindi written in Devanagri script should
be used for day to day office work of a non-judicial character.
C.L. No. 38/Xe-5 dated 15th April, 1969
Hindi should be brought in greater use in all the subordinate civil and criminal
courts. Hindi should also be used in all the administrative work except in correspondence
with the Accountant General, Supreme Court, Central Government, State Government of
other States and foreign countries.
C.E. No. 125/X-e-5 dated 2nd December, 1972
Hindi being the official language of the State, only Hindi should be used not only
in the correspondence work but also for writing notes and comments on the files.
Similarly inspection reports, proceedings, tour programmes, etc., should also be prepared
in Hindi. Registers, diaries, etc., should also be maintained in Hindi. Use of a language
other than Hindi is unauthorized and improper.
C.L. No. 6/VII-f-97 dated 24th January, 1972
All matters for publication should originally be prepared in Hindi and should be
sent along with the requisite copies of its translation in English and Urdu to the
newspapers. Weights and measures mentioned in such notices should be according to the
metric system only.
C.L. No. 23/VI-c-10, dated 5th February, 1973
All orders pertaining to the interest of employees, especially Class IV employees,
should be passed in Hindi so that no inconvenience is caused to them.
C.L. No. 107/E-5 dated 20th August, 1971
All letters received from the State Government, should be replied to in Hindi and
so far as possible, all correspondence should be done in Hindi.
C.L. No. 1/10E(5) dated 16th August, 1976 and
C.L. No. 4/10E(5) dated 3rd June, 1977 and
C.L. No. 11/10E(5) dated 26th April, 1979 and
C.L. No. 18/10E(5) dated 20th February, 1980 and
C.L. No. 25/10E(5) dated 24th April, 1982
The judicial officers should do all the works of the court in Hindi.
C.L. No. 178 dated 9th November, 1976 and
C.L. No. 47/Ve-103 dated 8th March, 1977 and
C.L. No. 61/Ve-103 dated 31st May, 1979 and
C.L. No. 26/Ve-103 (Admn. ̳F') dated 19th April, 1983
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The District Judges should issue strict directions to the Readers of all the courts,
to learn Hindi typewriting within a period of 3 months from November 15, 1976 so that
there may be no difficulty or delay in recording the depositions and statements of
witnesses in the Court and their legibility may also be ensured.
Statement of progress in learning Hindi typing by Readers in subordinate
courts as on 30.4.1979
Name of
Permanent
Courts
No. of
Temporary
Courts
Total Number
of Readers in
the Judgeship
No. of Readers
who have learnt
Hindi Typing
No. of
Readers
learning Hindi
typewriting
Remarks
1
2
3
4
5
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C.L. No. 45/IX-g-12, dated 15th April, 1961
Whenever a seal is prepared in future, old Hindi scripts should be used instead of
the new Hindi script used in the specimen, sent with C.L. No. 62 dated August 2, 1956.
C.L. No. 4/Ten-E-5, dated 03rd June, 1977
The Courts has approved following phased programme for delivery of judgment in
Hindi by Civil Judges and District Judges:
(1)
―The Civil Judges will deliver 50% of their judgments in Hindi in the first
year and thereafter they will completely switch-over to Hindi.‖
(2)
―The District Judge will deliver 25% of their judgments in Hindi in the
first year, 50% in the subsequent year and in the third year they will
completely switch over to Hindi.‖
(i)