Your attention is hereby drawn to the Public Administration Circular 01/2014 dated 21.01.2014 and the circulars issued revising the above in respect of the implementation of Official Language Policy relating to the officers of Public Service or Provincial Public Service. Accordingly, period of concession granted to the public officers by Public Administration Circular 01/2014(VII) dated 03.10.2019 to acquire the competency in other Official Language shall be effective up to 16.10.2020 and it has been decided at the meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers held on 05.10.2020 that the provisions of this circular shall be applicable after 16.10.2020 in lieu of the provisions introduced by Public Administration Circular 01/2014 and all other circulars which revised the same issued pertaining to Official Language Policy.

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