Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Saturday informed the State Legislative Assembly that the State Government was contemplating implementing a 3-language formula with Urdu as the second official language in Telangana.
Replying to a question by MIM MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi and others, the Chief Minister said that in 9 districts of Telangana - Hyderabad, Nizamabad, Ranga Reddy, Medak, Adilabad, Mahaboobnagar, Warangal, Karimnagar and Nalgonda - Urdu had been declared as the second official language, and it was being implemented.
Further orders were issued vide GO Ms No 545, GA (OL) Dept, dated 21.12.1999, and GO Ms No 835 GA (OL) Dept, dated 7.11.2007, authorising the various District Collectors to convert one post of typist to Urdu Typist and one post each of Senior Assistant and Junior Translator, following the recruitment rules.
The Chief Minister, however, said there was no proposal to set up a Second Official Language Commission as the monitoring body for the implementation of the 3-language formula. (INN)