The Haryana government has directed all its departments, boards and corporations to make all official comments and correspondence in Hindi only and use English only in legal matters related to the Supreme Court, High Court and subordinate courts.
An official spokesman said here on Thursday that the departments have also been directed that normal correspondence with the general public also be done in the national language.
"The departments will ensure clear translation of all proformas and applications in both Hindi and English and upload the same on their websites so that people do not face inconvenience in understanding the same, " the spokesman said.
All Head of Departments, Divisional Commissioners of Karnal, Hisar, Gurugram, Faridabad and Rohtak, all Deputy Commissioners and Sub - Divisional Officers, Managing Directors of boards and corporations and all state universities have been directed to ensure compliance with these instructions.
Haryana has a Bharatiya Janata Party government since October 2014.