IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION NO. 35 OF 2006 Shri Vivek Jagannath Gaikwad ...Petitioner V/s. The Census Officer/Information Officer, Bhiwandi – Nizampur Municipal Corporation, Bhiwandi & Ors. ...Respondents Shri Sandesh D. Patil for Petitioner. Shri R.S. Apte for Respondent Nos.1 and 2. CORAM : H.S. BEDI, C.J., & V.M. KANADE, J. DATED : NOVEMBER 16, 2006. P.C. :- 1. Heard the learned Counsel for the parties. 2. The learned Counsel for the petitioner has contended that notwithstanding that there had been an increase in the population throughout the country but in the area of Bhiwandi and Nizampur, the population of the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes had declined remarkably and it thus appeared that the census had not been carried out in a proper way. Although there is no material before us to accept this suggestion, we nevertheless direct that steps should be taken in the next census to ensure a correct and accurate survey. . Writ petition is disposed of with the above direction. CHIEF JUSTICE V.M. KANADE, J.