Supreme Court Issues Notice on Plea to Include Rajasthani Language as Medium of Instruction in Rajasthan Schools

The petitioners also emphasised that the issue is also a matter of preservation of cultural rights. It has also been highlighted before the court that the Rajasthani language has a rich literary and cultural heritage which needs protection.

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The Supreme Court in the case Padam Mehta and another v. The State of Rajasthan and others observed and has issued notice wherein the petition is filed seeking to include Rajasthani as a language to impart education to children in schools.

The petition filed also seeks directions to include Rajasthani Language in the examination syllabus of Rajasthan Eligibility Examination for Teacher.

The bench comprising of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta was hearing the present matter.

The bench in the case observed and has issued notice to the State of Rajasthan, the Principal Secretary of the Education Department and the Coordinator of REET returnable within four weeks.

In the present matter, the Special Leave Petition was filed against the judgment of the Rajasthan High Court which rejection the petition of petitioners.

The High Court in the case held that it cannot issue a writ of mandamus to include Rajasthani as a language for education since it was an educational policy matter.

The court observed that although the official language of the State is Hindi as per the Rajasthan Official Language Act of 1956, the petitioners point out that Rajasthani is widely spoken by about 4.36 Crores people as per the 2011 census.