Apple Forced iOS7 update on my iPad2 !

Apple has forced the iOS7 update file onto my iPAD2 and this update is sitting in the "other" folder indicated by the yellow bar in iTunes. I never wanted to upgrade - how do I get rid of this 2.3 GB file that has eaten away my iPAD capacity? This is very frustrating as I had spent a lot of time cleaning my iPAD to free up some space and now this !

Apple is indeed automatically pushing (to some, but not all devices) the iOS 7 update. My iPad mini got it somewhere between Sept 18 (iOS 7 release date) & Sept 20. I had NO access and did NOT use that device until Sept 20 where the auto-pushed download was already loaded and waiting to be run. The device was however on the charger and connected to the internet via Wi-Fi. For many reasons, I don't wish to update to iOS 7 on any of my devices yet so this auto-pushed update remains on the iPad mini, using ~1.2 GB - 1.5 GB with *no way to remove it*, except by running it and updating it. Note that the update is only auto-pushed to the device but it's up to the user to push the "Install" button that appears and replaces the "Download & Install" button. Restoring the iDevice as new will remove the file off the iDevice, but *only temporarily*. The minute the iDevice is connected to external power (either via connection to the PC or via the wall charger) and has a solid Wi-Fi (in my case) internet connection, the download is again auto-pushed to the iDevice. I know for a fact that the update is sitting on the device because I kept track of what exactly was installed to it after it was restored as new. I knew the exact size of "Other" and when this download was auto-pushed to the device, "Other" grew to the above stated ~1.2 GB - ~1.5 GB.
It is also NOT being pushed to all devices...I have multiple devices:
iPhone 5, iPad mini, iPad 3 & iPad 4 and the only device that it was auto-pushed to (for reasons unknown to me) is the iPad mini. Auto update has always been disabled on ALL devices, both on the devices themselves and in iTunes (but of course, none of the auto-update settings apply to OTA updates).
There is a CNET article on it here:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57604701-37/ios-6-holdouts-complain-about-larg e-unwanted-ios-7-download/
There is also discussion of it here at the Apple forums where out very own "KiltedTim" states (beginning on page 2 of the topic) that it's impossible for Apple to do this but then experiences the auto-pushed update first-hand for himself on page 3
https://discussions.apple.com/message/19820810#19820810
What is irking me and most of the others that have experienced this auto-pushed OTA update is that (as I mentioned before) you cannot remove it and just sits on the iDevice using up ~1.2 GB - ~1.5 GB (& possibly more, depending on the device and it's update size). If it's removed (as I again mentioned above by restoring the iPad as new, NOT using a backup, from the device itself), it returns to your device, conveniently auto-pushed to you again (and again) by Apple when you're connected to the internet under external (not battery) power.

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