The Madurai Bench of Madras Excessive Court docket dominated that these searching for Tamil Nadu authorities jobs should have the ability to learn and write Tamil. The ruling got here in a case involving a junior assistant on the Tamil Nadu Electrical energy Board (TNEB) who didn’t clear the obligatory Tamil language examination.

The TNEB worker, a person named M Jaikumar from Theni, moved the courtroom after he was dismissed from his job for not failing to go the language examination throughout the given two years. His argument was that as a result of he studied in CBSE colleges as his father was within the naval service, Jayakumar by no means discovered Tamil.

Listening to Jaikumar’s petition in opposition to TNEB, Justices G Jayachandran and R Poornima questioned how a authorities worker might operate with out understanding Tamil. “What may be achieved if authorities servants have no idea Tamil? How will they deal with each day duties? In any state, authorities staff should know the state’s language. If not, what may be achieved?” the Bench remarked.

The judges emphasised that candidates should go the federal government’s language examination throughout the stipulated time and questioned why one would search a public workplace job with out understanding Tamil. The Court docket then directed each events to be ready for the ultimate argument and adjourned the case for six weeks.

The ruling got here at a time when the language battle intensified within the state. Amid rising pushback from the BJP within the state, Chief Minister MK Stalin has stayed steadfast in his opposition to the NEP, which he stated is a Centre’s method of imposing Hindi on the state.