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REGISTERED NO. DL-(N)04/0007/2003-25
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-03062025-263538
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II — Section 1
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 20]
NEW DELHI, MONDAY, JUNE 2, 2025/JYAISTHA 12, 1947 (Saka)
Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a separate compilation.
MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE
(Legislative Department)
New Delhi, the 2nd June, 2025/Jyaistha 12, 1947 (Saka)
THE LADAKH OFFICIAL LANGUAGES REGULATION, 2025
No. 3 OF 2025
Promulgated by the President in the Seventy-sixth Year of the Republic of India.
A Regulation to provide for the languages to be used for the official purposes of the
Union territory of Ladakh and for matters connected therewith or incidental
thereto.
In exercise of the powers conferred by article 240 of the Constitution
read with sub-section (2) of section 58 of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation
Act, 2019, the President is pleased to promulgate the following Regulation made by
her:-
34 of 2019.
1. (1) This Regulation may be called the Ladakh Official Languages
Regulation, 2025.
(2) It extends to the whole of the Union territory of Ladakh.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by
notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
Definitions.
2. In this Regulation, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) "Administrator" means the Administrator of the Union territory of Ladakh
appointed by the President under article 239 of the Constitution;
(b) "Union territory" means the Union territory of Ladakh.
Official
languages of
Union
territory.
3. With effect from such date as the Administrator may, by notification in the
Official Gazette, appoint in this behalf, the English, Hindi, Urdu, Bhoti and Purgi
languages shall be the official languages to be used for all or any of the official purposes
of the Union territory:
Provided that the English language shall continue to be used for all the official
purposes of the Union territory for which it was being used before the date of
commencement of this Regulation.
Promotion
and
development
of other
languages.
4. (1) The Administrator may take such necessary steps as may be provided by
rules to be made by him to strengthen the institutional mechanisms for the promotion
and development of other languages in the Union territory and the establishment of the
Academy of Art, Culture and languages.
(2) The institutional mechanisms referred to in sub-section (1) shall make special
efforts for the promotion and development of other native languages of Ladakh: Shina
(Dardic), Brokskat (Dardic), Balti and Ladakhi.
(3) Every rule made under this Regulation shall be laid, as soon as may be after
it is made, before each House of Parliament.
Regulation in
addition to
and not in
derogation of
any other
law.
5. Save as otherwise provided, the provisions of this Regulation shall be in
addition to and not in derogation of any other law for the time being in force in the
Union territory.
Power to
remove
difficulties.
6. (1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Regulation,
the Administrator may, by order published in the Official Gazette, make such provisions,
not inconsistent with the provisions of this Regulation, as may appear to it to be
necessary or expedient, for removing difficulty:
Provided that no order shall be made after the expiry of a period of two years
from the date of commencement of this Regulation.
(2) Every order made under this Regulation shall be laid, as soon as may be after
it is made, before each House of Parliament.
DROUPADI MURMU,
President.
DR. RAJIV MANI,
Secretary to the Govt. of India.
UPLOADED BY THE MANAGER, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA PRESS, MINTO ROAD, NEW DELHI-110002
AND PUBLISHED BY THE CONTROLLER OF PUBLICATIONS, DELHI-110054.
MGIPMRND—38GI(S4)—2-6-2025.
KSHITIZ Digitally signed
by KSHITIZ
MOHAN
MOHAN Date: 2025.06.03
00:35:13 +05'30'