The Bombay High Court on Friday directed the Union government to respond within two weeks to a public interest litigation petition, which claims that survey data forms for 2011-12 incorrectly mention ‘Muslim’, instead of ‘Islam’, in the religion column.
The petition demands that the correction be carried out and that the erroneous forms be withdrawn immediately.
Petitioner Aziz Pathan alleged that the government did not respond to his plea despite his bringing the mistake to its notice.
The forms were meant to collect data on socio-economic and caste and religious issues from the citizens.