Observation of the Supreme Court on a reserved forest land for any private parties for non -binding purposes. File | Photo Credit: Hind
On Thursday (May 15, 2025), the Supreme Court ordered all states and trade unions to form special investigative teams to explore whether any reserved forest land was assigned to any private parties for non -non -unstricuctors.
The bench of the main judge Bravai and Justices Augustine George Masih and K. Vinod Chandran ordered states and UTS to take steps to take these countries back and pass it on the same forest department.
“If it is found that the return of land ownership would not be in a greater public interest, the state government/territory should recover the cost of the land from persons/institutions that have been allocated and used the amount for forest development,” said Lavička.
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He also ordered the main secretaries of all states and UT administrators to form special teams to ensure that all such transfers take place within one year from today.
The bench said that such a country should only be used for the purpose of afforestation.
“We will also direct the main secretaries of all states and administrators of all territories of the Union in order to investigate whether any of the dedicated forest land owned by the income department is assigned for any other purpose,” she said that some of the reserved forest land was assigned.
The direction of the Supreme Court came in a judgment that was made in the case related to the dedicated forest soil in Pune.
“The current matter is a classic example of how the connection between politicians, bureaucrats and builders can lead to the transformation of rare forest land for commercial purposes under the clothing of people who belong to the backward class, of which the ancestors, agricultural land,” said.
Published – May 15 2025 05:56 IS IS
