TheHimachalPradeshhigh courthas said directions could not be issued to the to declarePaharias an officiallanguageof the state unless it was established on record that Pahari (Himachali) language had its own script and that a common Pahari dialect was spoken throughout the state.
The HC said this while disposing of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition which sought directions for the state government to declare Paharias an Official Language of the state.
The court set the petitioner at Liberty to approach the department of language Art and Culture of Himachal Pradesh, with his demand for undertaking a research to promote a common Pahari (Himachali) nuclear language structure and nuclear Tankri script.