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" The State Government may declare the rights and interests which shall be deemed to be proprietary rights and interests within the meaning of sub-section (2)."

The second sub-section provides:

" The Deputy Commissioner shall cause to be recorded, in accordance with rules made under s. 227, all changes that have taken place in respect of, and all transactions that have affected, any of the proprietary rights and interests in any land."

The matter is made clear if one refers to the provisions of s. 202 of the Land Revenue Act. That section confers on Government the power to regulate the control and management of the forest-growth on the lands of any estate or mahal. A reading of sub-ss. (4) to (8) of that section clearly shows that forests belong to the proprietors from whom under those sub-sections they can be taken over for management, the profits of the management less expenses being paid to the proprietors or to superior and inferior proprietors as the case may be. Sub-sections (9) and (10) provide (9)" No lease, lien, encumbrance or contract with respect to the forest land held under direct manage ment shall be binding upon the Government.