relating to forest, the
transit of forest produce, and duty leviable on timber and other
forest produce. Chapter-V of the Indian Forest ... forest shall cease to
be reservedd; or any forest land is used for non-forest
purpose; or any forest land is assigned to a private
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to be private land and not private forest land by the MRT, and to these
findings recorded by the MRT, there ... subject land has also been declared to be a private land and not private
forest land by the Maharashtra Revenue Tribunal and this decision
applied for area clearance under the Forest
(Conservation) Act, 1980 for non forest use of 4.98 Hectares of
private forest land in Survey ... clarifies that every mangroves area which is
privately owned will not fall in the definition of private forest in
clause (f) of the Section
time which is
considerably long before the promulgation of the Private
Forest Act, 1975 could not have been acted upon. Such a
view was expressed ... close proximity to the coming into force of
the Private Forest Act, 1975. The ratio of the Judgment in
the case of Godrej & Boyce
that the disputed lands are not forest lands nor are
they private forest lands. Since none appears for the parties, list
on 14th February
Petitioner and decided to recommend the same to
the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
("MoEFCC") subject to conditions specified therein. MCZMA ... execution of project also envisaged diversion of some
portion of protected forest, mangrove private land and
mangroves on Government land, reserved forest and private
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protected tenant and that the
land is a private forest within the meaning of The
Maharashtra Private Forests (Acquisition) Act, 1975 . It is
said that
forest it is always a forest and if
it is with the Government it will be a forest and if it is with private
Digitally ... signed by
RAJESHRI
RAJESHRI PRAKASH
individuals, it will be a private forest. Mr.Thorat submitted that by
PRAKASH AHER
AHER Date
according to the State Government, the
land in question is a reserved forest.
2. On this IA, there is an order of 16th October ... lands/forest.
4. The lands were subjected to of the Maharashtra Private
Forests (Acquisition) Act 1975. The Petitioners challenged
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according to the State Government, the
land in question is a reserved forest.
2. On this IA, there is an order of 16th October ... lands/forest.
4. The lands were subjected to of the Maharashtra Private
Forests (Acquisition) Act 1975. The Petitioners challenged
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