Section 2(1) in Rules for the Todapatta Lands of the Nilgiris
(1)No person shall fell, girdle, mark, lop, uproot or bum or strip off the bark or leaves from or otherwise damage any tree growing on the said lands or remove the timber or collect the natural produce of such trees or lands or quarry or collect stone, lime, gravel, earth or manure upon such lands or break up such lands for cultivation or erect buildings of any description or cattle kraals, and no person or persons other than the Todas including Toda Converts named in the patta concerned, shall graze, cattle, sheep or goats upon such lands unless he is authorised so to do by the Collector or some person duly empowered in that behalf by the Collector.
