At the same time, he wrote a letter to the Lieutenant Governor, intimating his determination of early retirement. The letter ran as follows:—
"Calcutta, Sanskrit College,
"31st. Augt. 1857.
"My Dear Sir,
"Sometime ago while talking on the subject of education you were pleased to ask me for a memo on the state of Vernacular Education in Bengal under the present system of management and I agreed at the time, though with reluctance, to submit it. On subsequent consideration however, I feel the task a very delicate one in as much as the required memo, cannot but reflect on the actions of my brother-officers[1] and others. I therefore earnestly beg to be pardoned for not submitting the memo as I had promised.
"I may here be permitted to state that I have made up my mind to retire from the public service from January next and that I have intimated my intention to Mr. Young in a demi-official note of which I venture to enclose a copy for your information also.
"I remain, My dear Sir,
"With every sentiment of respect and esteem,
"Yours most faithfully,
(Sd). "Isvar Chandra Sarma.
"To The Hon'ble F. J. Halliday."
- ↑ At Inspector of Schools, he had, at that time, in the four districts under him, four Deputy inspectors of schools,—Harinath Bandyopadhyay, Madhav Chandra Gosvami, Tarasankar Bhattacharyya, and Dinabandhu Nyayratna.
