under s. 4 of the Indian Forest Act, 1927, (XVI
of 1927) ( hereinafter referred to as the Forest Act ),
declaring that 'it had been ... including the land in dispute a "reserved forest",
and appointing the, Forest Settlement Officer Dehra Dun to
call for objections from claimants under
notification, to which claim the Divisional Forest officer
filed an objection. The Forest Settlement Officer recorded
an order on May 9, 1955 that the appellant ... right of pasture, or
a right to forest-produce or a water-course, the Forest
Settlement-officer shall pass an order admitting or
rejecting
Forest Act, 1927, before the 30th day of June, 1978, shall be deemed to have become a Bhumidhar with non-transferable rights.
Forest Settlement Officer ... order may be kept out of reserved forest. It was also noted by the Forest Settlement Officer that the possession of the petitioners is proved
Indian Forest Act, 1927, registered as Misc. Case no. 1564 of 2013 ( Shiv Prasad Vs Forest Department ) before the Forest Settlement Officer, Obara, Sonebhadra, were ... Indian Forest Act, 1927.
16. In the objections under Section 9 / 11 of the Indian Forest Act, 1927 before the Forest Settlement Officer, Sonebhadra
forest department khata.
Learned counsel for the appellants has contended that
the respondents did not raise any objection/claim before the
Forest Settlement Officer under ... right of pasture, or a right to forest produce or
water course, the Forest Settlement Officer shall pass an
order admitting or rejecting the same
their bhumidhari land and not included in the reserved forest. The Forest Settlement Officer passed an order on 20th June, 1991 for recording the names ... Plot No. 246/1. Under the scheme of the Forest Act , the Forest Settlement Officer was to hold an enquiry under Section 7 regarding
boundaries of plots proposed to be included as reserved forest. The Forest Settlement Officer, while issuing notification under Section 6 has mentioned the plot numbers ... under the Forest Act the Apex Court laid down in paragraph 10 :
"10. It is thus obvious that the Forest Settlement Officer
claim to right of pasture or to forest produce, the Forest Settlement Officer shall pass an order admitting or rejecting the same in whole ... lands, if any, to be included in the proposed forest, which the Forest Settlement Officer has, under Section 11 . elected to acquire under the Land
disputed lands, which
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formed part of the proposed reserve forest. The Forest Settlement Officer by
common order dated 14.11.1969 rejected his claim inter alia ... included in the reserved forest
under the Act, are inquired into and determined by the Forest Settlement
Officer;
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(b) If the claims are rejected
shall ordinarily be a person not holding any forest office except that of forest settlement officer.
(3) Nothing in this Section shall prevent the State ... lands (if any) to be included in the proposed forest, which the Forest Settlement-officer has, under section 11 , elected to acquire under the Land
