Most of these mines are either within reserved
forests or in forest lands as covered by the U.P. Amendment
of the Forest ... excessive exploitation of
the forests and consequent clearing of forest areas
notwithstanding the declared of National Forest Policy.
It is interesting to note that
undemarcated forests. Demarcated forests were those
which were defined and stated as demarcated forests in the
forest settlements of Bushahr State whereas undemarcated
forests included ... cultivated forests and
grazing lands. PW3 Roop Singh Negi described basa lands as
Banjar lands, arable lands, cultivated lands and forest
lands. PW 10 Sagar
Section 2 in The Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980
2. Restriction on the dereservation of forests or use of forest land for non-forest purpose.
Notwithstanding ... portion thereof may be used for any non-forest purpose; (iii) [ that any forest land or any portion thereof may be assigned
Forest Officer, Ranger, Deputy Ranger, Forester, a Timber Depot Officer, Forest Guard, Forest Plantation Ministry, Watcher, Game Warden, Assistant Game Warden, Game Ranger, Game Forester ... land, all temporarily occupied land and all land occupied without permission, whether assessed or unassessed ; but does not include land, the property of land holders
Policy (See para 2.2).
Under essentials of forest management it is stipulated that
existing forests and forest lands should be fully protected and
their productivity ... minor forest produce and construction
timber should be the first charge on the forest produce. Para
4.4 deals with diversion of forest lands
Forest Department to intensify control of smuggling of forest produce. The Forest Act has also been amended enhancing the punishment limits covering forest offences. Inspite ... State Forest under the Mysore Forest Act, 1900, or as a reserved forest under the Indian Forest Act, 1927, the Madras Forest
acquisition by the State of any estate and where any land comprised therein is held by a person under his personal cultivation, it shall ... land held under ryotwari settlement; (iii) any land held or let for purposes of agriculture or for purposes ancillary thereto, including waste land, forest land
aware that in accordance
with the Forest Conservation Act of
1980, the use of Forest land by
Private Agency even for natural
development and afforestation ... Section 2 of
the Forest (Conservation) Act. 1980 for leasing to the Motel
27 bighas and 12 biswas of forest land adjoining to the land
Land Tax-Constitutional validity of enactment-Uniform basic
tax on all lands-Classification--Tax on forest areas-Legis-
lative competence of State--Government ... surveyed portions of the said forest. Hence,
his liability for taxation in respect of his forest land
amounts to Rs. 54,000 whereas his annual
Reserved Forest" area and hence the Forest
(Conservation) Act, 1980 (hereinafter called '1980 Act')
applied to the forests. The forest department ... forest purpose. Explanation
to Section 2 of the Act defines "non-forest
purpose" as breaking up or clearing of any
forest land
