(1.) Facts leading to the reference to the Constitution Bench:
(2.) The Government of Karnataka issued a Government Order dated 19.06.1989 prescribing that "from 1st standard to IVth standard, mother tongue will be the medium of instruction". On 22.06.1989, the Government of Karnataka issued a corrigendum substituting the aforesaid words in the earlier Government Order dated 19.06.1989 by the following words:
(3.) Thereafter, in cancellation of all earlier orders pertaining to the subject, the Government of Karnataka issued a fresh order dated 29.04.1994 regarding the language policy to be followed in primary and high schools with effect from the academic year 1994-1995. Clauses 2 to 8 of the Government Order dated 29.04.1994, with which we are concerned in this reference, are extracted hereinbelow:-