Hyderabad, June 29 -- The Telangana High Court on Monday, June 29, directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to consider printing enumeration forms in Urdu, noting a substantial Urdu-speaking population in Hyderabad.

ECI's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) electoral rolls process began in Telangana on June 25 and will continue till July 24.

A single bench consisting of Justice Bollam Vijaysen Reddy is hearing a writ petition filed by social activist MA Mujeeb Ayyub.

The petitioner has questioned ECI's decision to print the forms in English and Telugu and not in Urdu, despite Urdu being widely spoken by 20 per cent of Hyderabad's voters.

Hyderabad is a metropolitan city and people from several places in like Rajasthan, Maharashtra...