Constitution Section 350B — Special Officer for linguistic minorities

Part XVII — OFFICIAL LANGUAGE — CHAPTER IV.—SPECIAL DIRECTIVES

Constitutional

Summary

The President of India appoints a Special Officer to look into issues concerning linguistic minorities. This officer investigates whether the constitutional protections for linguistic minorities are being followed and reports their findings to the President at times set by the President. The President then ensures these reports are presented to both houses of Parliament and also sent to the governments of the states involved.

Official Text

(1) There shall be a Special Officer for linguistic minorities to be appointed by the President.

(2) It shall be the duty of the Special Officer to investigate all matters relating to the safeguards provided for linguistic minorities under this Constitution and report to the President upon those matters at such intervals as the President may direct, and the President shall cause all such reports to be laid before each House of Parliament, and sent to the Governments of the States concerned.