Activists of Maithili Sangharsh Abhiyan demonstrating to protest against the decision of Bihar Government to abolish Maithili Language from Bihar Public Service Commission on March 08, 1992. | Photo Credit: The Hindu archives While five languages were accorded the classical status earlier this month, Maithili, a language for which demands have been raised time and again missed out as the Bihar government had not forwarded the proposal officially. The recommendation on according classical status for a language is taken by a special Linguistics Expert Committee, which comprises representatives of the Union Ministries of Home, Culture and four to five linguistic experts at any given time. It is chaired by the president of the Sahitya Akademi. The recommendation then has to be approved by the Union Cabinet following which a gazette notification is issued. Sources in the linguistic committee told The Hindu that the proposal for Maithili had been forwarded by the Patna-based ‘Maithili Sahitya Sansthan’, but the same had not been forwarded to the Union Home Ministry by the Bihar government, which is the official …