The officers and employees should do maximum official works in Hindi language to promote development and upliftment of official language. The commissioner of central excise and custom Dehradun, Atul Kumar Rastogi said this while addressing a programme organised to mark ‘ Hindi Fortnight’ here on Wednesday. He said that all the employees should take a pledge to conduct most of the official communication in Hindi. The in charge of official language of department, Murai lal Shah gave an elaborate account of Hindi as official language and its journey through ages. He said that Hindi is yet to take the actual status of official language due to historical, practical and implementation problems. Shah said that Hindi represents all the Indian languages and strengthening of Hindi means that all these languages are strengthened too. He said that the country which seeks dependence on other languages than its state language could hardly progress. The department conducted contests like typing, general knowledge and essay writing competition during the Hindi fortnight.