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It appears that thereafter following points were raised for consideration of Government :-

"(a) Whether reservation of grazing areas is necessary and if so, what area should be reserved per hundred head of cattle: and

(b) Whether Government land, which is under cultivation, should be withdrawn from cultivation for being assigned for grazing."

It appears that thereafter after considering the report received from the officers concerned, Government issued the Government Resolution No.GR8-1053/5627 dated 10.05.1954 and Government issued the following directions :

C/WPPIL/122/2018 JUDGMENT DATED: 23/09/2021 "(i) the old practice of assigning lands for grazing under Section 38, Land Revenue Code and rule 73, Land Revenue Rules and the orders issued from time to time, should be maintained.

(ii) The standard acreage of grazing area fixed under paragraph 1 of Government Resolution No.7633/49, dated the 11th December 1952, should be fixed at 40 acres per 100 head of cattle in the Northern Division and 50 acres per 100 head of cattle in the Central Division and the Southern Division subject to the consideration mentioned in (v) below.

(iii) The Collectors of the districts concerned should revise the assignment of grazing area on this basis and dispose of the surplus area (i.e. area remaining after assigning land for public purpose including grazing), for cultivation in accordance with the standing orders of Government.

(iv) In some villages land has been in fact used for grazing without formal assignment. The Collectors concerned should now make a formal assignment and see to it that it is noted in the village records.

(v) If forest areas are available for grazing in or adjoining a village, that factor should be taken into account at the time of determining the area required to be assigned for grazing in that village and the limits prescribed in (ii) above halved where necessary.

(vi) In villages where the total area assigned for grazing is inadequate, attempt should be made to make up the deficit by assigning uncultivable waste land for this purpose."