JUDGMENT

OZA, J. :— This Writ Petition was filed challenging the action taken by the respondent, the State Government of Assam under the Asom Rashtrabhasha Prachar Samiti (Taking Over Management and Control) Act 1984 (Assam Act No. XXIII of 1984) which was an Act enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Assam and received the assent by the Governor of Assam and published in the Assam Gazette Extraordinary dated 15-12-84. It also challenged the orders contained in Notification Nos. EPG 57/84/25/A, EPG 57/84 /30-A and EPG 57/84/51-A dated 1-10-84, 10-11-84 and 19-3-85 respectively issued by the Education (Personnel) Department of the Government of Assam.

2. According to the petitioner in 1929 Lahore Congress under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi adopted a resolution for the spread of Hindi as the common language for the whole of India with a view to promote national intergrity and in pursuance of this resolution institutions for the spread and prachar of Hindi in the non-Hindi areas were established. First of this kind was established in Madras City in the name of Dakshin Bharat Hindi Prachar Samiti, then in Wardha, for the development and spread of Hindi in the rest of India. Late Bab