(The Stellar News) Mr. K. Veeramani applied for State Recruitment Job for Teaching assistant. The written paper had a question which had asked in which language “Vande Mataram” was written. To this he had answered Bengali. Once the results were declared he found that he had scored 89 marks whereas the cut-off was 90 Marks. Disheartened he started checking his answer sheet. As per him his answer to the above question was correct i.e. Bengali, where as that was not the correct answer as per the official answer sheet. The correct answer was Sanskrit.
He later moved to High Court of Madras to find the correct answer to this question. He claimed that he had read in many books, where it was categorically given that the song was originally written in Bengali, he alleged that TRB had made a mistake in the answer key to the test by mentioning that the right answer as Sanskrit. He further claimed that for the mistake made by the board, he lost his opportunity of being appointed as a BT Assistant.
On June 13, Advocate General R. Muthukumarasamy, clarified that the original language of “Vande Mataram” was Sanskrit whereas it was written in Bengali. Following this K. Veeramani was awarded the one mark he had lost. The judge said the government must include Veeramani in the teacher selection process.
Translated version of Vande Mataram in Tamil and English that will be made available in the Government websites and on social media
Following are the excerpts of his judgment:
- The National Song “Vande Mataram” shall be played and sung in all schools/colleges/Universities and other educational institutions at least once a week (Preferably on Monday or Friday).
- The National Song “Vande Mataram” shall be played and sung in all government offices and institutions/ private companies/ factories and industries at least once a month.
- The Director of Public Information is directed to upload and circulate the translated version of “Vande Mataram” in Tamil and English thereby making it available in the government websites and also in social media.
- In the event, any person/organisation has difficulty in singing or playing the National Song, he or she shall not be compelled or forced to sing it, provided there are valid reasons for not doing so.
- The youth of this country are the future of tomorrow. This court hopes and trusts that this order shall be taken in the right spirit and also implemented in letter and spirit by the citizenry of this great nation.
Following the order, analyst RK Radhakrishnan, Associate Editor, Frontline, said,
“The increasing instances of court entering and passing orders in the domain of the legislature and the executive is unfortunate and is a cause for concern.”
