Kathmandu. The Language Commission has emphasized that the electronic signs (embossed number plates) installed on vehicles should be in Nepali language. Clarifying that the provision that the language of government work is Nepali is in Article 7, Clause 1 of the Constitution of Nepal, the Commission has objected to the provision that the number plates of vehicles should be in English.

The Commission has also informed about the constitutional provision and the Supreme Court’s decision to have embossed number plates in Nepali language, not in a language and script not recognized by the Constitution.

In the Supreme Court’s decision on the Nepali language alphabet on Asad 9, 2081, it has been clearly explained that Article 7, Clause 3 of the Constitution of Nepal has made it clear that other matters related to language shall be as decided by the Government of Nepal on the recommendation of the Language Commission, and that all levels of government should do so accordingly.

The Language Commission, realizing its constitutional responsibility, has once again drawn the attention of the Government of Nepal to the need to include electronic code numbers in the Devanagari script, informed the Commission’s Chairperson Dr. Gopal Thakur.