Identity area
Reference code
UTSC 014-S2-SS1-8-23
Title
[Language discrimination - postal services, district secretariat and police stations]
Date(s)
- 1968, 1970s (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
1 file of textual records
Context area
Name of creator
(1898-1977)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
File contains three letters: one from Muthuledchumy Estate Tamil Manram to S. J. V. Chelvanayakam regarding Bogawantalawa Post Office rejecting a registered post written in Tamil. The second from the secretary of the TULF Vavuniya Branch to T. B. Ilangaratne regarding the cheques issued by Vavuniya Kacheri [District Secretariat] to the public being Sinhala/ English only. The third from E. L. Abeygoonewardene to S. J. V. Chelvanayakam confirming that complaints to be recorded in Tamil at the police stations.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
File/items moved from the miscellaneous box as the content relates to File No. 93. File was not part of the original classification.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- Tamil
- English