Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Subject to the provision of this Act, the State Government may by notification issued from time to time, direct the use of the language as may be specified in the notification and in such parts of the state of Assam as may be specified therein: Provided that— (a) the rights of the various linguistic groups in respect of medium of instruction in educational institutions as laid down in the Constitution of India shall not be affected ; (b) the State shall not in granting aid to educational and cultural institutions, discriminate against any such institutions on grounds of language; (c) the rights to appointments in the Assam public Services and to contracts and other avocations shall be maintained without discrimination on the ground of language; and (d) in regard to nothing in the offices in the region or district if any member of the staff is unable to note in any of the district language, the use of English shall be permitted by the Heads of Departments so long as the use thereof is permissible 2[for the official purposes of the Union under any law made by the Parliament in this behalf]