New Delhi: The Union Government on Friday gave classical language status to Telugu and Kannada; bringing them into league presently occupied by only Sanskrit and Tamil.
The announcement was made here by Union Culture Minister Ambika Soni on the Eve of the 'Rajyotsava' day of both Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka on Saturday.
However, the Minister added, the decision would be subject to the verdict of the Madras High Court on a written petition pending before it. the Central government, she said, had moved in the matter to have the petition disposed of.
As to hoe the Central government had moved ahead of the announcement, the Minister clarified that the court had not issued any stay on the matter and the government was informed that it could go ahead with the process subject to the final decision.
The decision to accord classical language status to Telugu and Kannada was taken on the basis of the recommendation of the nine-member committee of Linguistic Experts
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