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The Bombay High Court Tuesday observed that the Maharashtra government should take steps to include a column for transgenders in the online application form for change of name in the official gazette. The high court said the government has to take steps to include a separate column for transgenders. As per the petitioner, her first application seeking change of name in November 2018 was rejected on the ground that relevant documents were not attached with. The petitioner approached the high court after the Directorate of Government Printing and Stationery rejected her application to change the name three times. AdvertisingA division bench of Justices A S Oka and M S Sanklecha was hearing a petition filed by a 29-year-old transgender seeking directions to the Maharashtra government to allow her name change application..