Legal action against State institutions not providing documents in Sinhala and Tamil

The Government plans to take legal measures against State institutions that do not provide services in both Sinhala and Tamil languages.

The Government plans to amend the National Language Act to streamline the national language policy, Chairman of the National Language Commission Nimal R. Ranasinghe has said.

The National Language Commission is tasked with making necessary recommendations to implement national language policy in public institutions.

Government institutions are bound to provide services to the public both in Sinhala and Tamil languages and therefore, all documents, forms and name boards will be made available in the two languages, Ranasinghe has told the State-run radio SLBC.

However, some institutions are still issuing circulars only in Sinhala language causing difficulties to the Government officials and public in the Northern and Eastern Provinces.

The Chairman has said that legal measures will be taken against the institutions that do not follow the language policy rules properly.