Hyderabad, Aug. 8 -- The Telangana High Court has ordered the state government to submit an action plan for the phased implementation of Telugu as a second language for students from classes 2 to 9 in government, unaided, and private schools.

This directive was issued during a hearing on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by Pramila Pathak of Hyderabad. The PIL challenged the state government's proceedings issued on December 7 and 19 of last year, which made Telugu mandatory as a second language in CBSE, ICSE, IB, Cambridge, and other national board schools.

Petitioner's arguments

A division bench comprising Chief Justice Aperesha Kumar Singh and Justice GM Mohiuddin heard the case on Thursday, August 7. The petitioner's lawyer a...