evidence: Devanesan Nesiah explains, in the 16th amendment of 1988 Tamil was included as a language of administration throughout Sri Lanka. Tamil became an official administrative and court language and English is the link language also used in administration . The revised article 22(1, 2, 3) now read as follows ‘Sinhala and Tamil shall be the Language of administration throughout Sri Lanka, and Sinhala shall be the language of administration be used for maintenance of public records and the transaction of all business by public institutions of all provinces other than the north and east where Tamil shall also be used. Provided that the President having regard to the proportion which the Sinhala or Tamil linguistic minority population in any unit comprising a division of an AGA bears to the total of population in that area, direct htat both Sinhala and Tamil be used as the language of administration for such area. In any area where Sinhala is used as the language of administration a person other than an official shall be entitled to received communication and transact business with an official in either Tamil or English or ask for documents translated to Tamil or English. And also get a document executed in Tamil or English. The reverse shall also apply and the same services can be demanded in Sinhala. Revised article 24(1) now reads Sinhala & Tamil shall be the Language of court throughout Sri Lanka and Sinhala shall be used as the language of courts except in any area where Tamil is the Language of administration concluded Nesiah.