Section 15 in Rules for the Issue and Check of Permits for Timber and Other Forest Produce
15. Range Officers.
- In districts where the system of pre-payment of the value of permits supplied to permit-issuing officers is in force, an abstract from the stock book of permit forms shall be submitted at the end of each month by Range Officers to the District Forest Officer with their monthly accounts. In districts, where the above system has not been introduced, Range Officers shall, in addition to the abstract above referred to, submit consolidated statements in Form P-2 prepared from the corresponding return received from their subordinate permit-issuing officers and include therein their own transactions, if any. The particulars relating to each office should be shown separately.Note. - (1) Range Officers, before consolidation of the returns received from their subordinates, shall check them with the duplicates of the permits, etc., and shall at once take steps to rectify any differences noticed.(2)The duplicate permits shall be retained in the Range Offices for comparison with the originals which are required to be recovered and submitted to them by recovering officers. The originals of permits recovered shall be compared in-Range Offices with their counter-foils and duplicates so as to verify the entries relating to dates, time allowed for removals, etc., and the Range Officer shall certify that the check has been completed each month noticing at the same time any errors detected and the action taken thereon.
