Section 5A in Tamil Nadu Hill Areas (Preservation of Trees) Rules, 1957
5A.
If the application is for the cutting of trees by the clear felling method, that is to say, the felling of all the trees in the area, for growing tea or coffee, it shall be accompanied by the following, namely:-(1)A certificate to the effect that the boundaries of the area containing the trees proposed to be felled have been demarcated clearly on the ground by lines of 2 metres wide or are defined already by natural features such as roads.(2)Three copies of surveyed sketch showing the location, name, survey number and acreage of the area containing the trees proposed to be felled.
