Mumbai, Sept. 20 -- The state health department on Tuesday ordered the reverification of all birth and death certificates issued with a delay of over one year. Suspecting that illegal immigrants have acquired the certificates using forged documents, the order directs the authorities to cancel all fraudulent certificates and register criminal cases against the defaulting individuals. According to the procedure laid down in the Maharashtra Registration of Births and Deaths Rules, 2000, if there is no registration of birth available then the parents can approach the tehsildar or taluka magistrate or the officer designated by the collector. They will submit whatever proof they have and after verification, the concerned official will issue an order directing the registrar to make the birth registration based on which the local body will issue a birth certificate. The same is the process for death certificates. Earlier this year, BJP leader Kirit Somaiya raised a complaint that illegal immigrants have been misusing the rule and obtaining the certificates using forged documents for proof. On Tuesday, the government ordered to reverify the certificates issued with a delay of over a year and scrap them in case of irregularities after filing a criminal case against the defaulting individuals....