Language to be used in representations for redress of grievances
included in editionWhat does this mean?
A person can submit a grievance representation to a Union or State authority in any language used in the Union or the State. This supports language access to public redress.
Union and State official languages, communication, courts, linguistic minorities and language development.
A grievance can raise a language-access question separately from whether the authority can grant the requested remedy.
Why is this provision here?
A person's ability to seek public redress should not be blocked simply by an unnecessarily narrow language channel.
This Article number belongs to the original constitutional framework, but its present wording may include later amendments or substitutions. A provision-specific original Assembly debate has not been verified here. The explanation of function above is editorial inference from the text, not an attributed single motive of the framers. The original draft-making archive is a research resource, not proof of a particular historical reason.
The explanation of purpose is an editorial reading of the provision. A drafting motive is attributed only where a linked historical source supports it.
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Source-page notes · may concern neighbouring Articles
1. The words "or Rajpramukh" omitted by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 29 and Sch. (w.e.f. 1-11-1956). 2. Arts. 350A and 350B ins. by s.21., ibid. (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).
Extracted from the Legislative Department’s May 2026 edition. Page footnotes may refer to neighbouring provisions; check their markers in the PDF. Inclusion in this edition does not by itself establish commencement or judicial effect.