Spanner in works for forest land flat owners

Q: Residents of flats on private forest land continue to face an uncertain future.

Shantanu Kumar, Mumbai

24th September 2015

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But according to me it is not right. I think the SC order is being wrongly taken by the BJP government. A majority of the affected persons are slum-dwellers and poor farmers. Does the government expect each one of them to become a petitioner and obtain a fresh order?

Anirudh Patel, Mumbai

25th September 2015

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It seems to be a very serious matter and concerned officials must immediately reverse the changes.

The circular further mentions that the chief conservator of forests ministry had issued a circular pointing out that the record of rights was being changed even in cases where it did not apply.

Shaunak Verdla, Mumbai

24th September 2015

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Among those petitioner, one belongs to Hillside Residents Welfare Association. HIRWA represented over a 100 housing societies from Mulund and Nahur in the Supreme Court but now the affected societies are being informed that their names will not be inserted in the property card.

Kiran Kumar, Chennai

24th September 2015

@Kiran,
As per chief conservator of forests, state government for now has decided to carry out the SC orders only where the survey numbers have been mentioned in the order.

Shaunak Verdla, Mumbai

24th September 2015

@Shaunak,
But few days back when chief conservator of forests asked the opinion of the law and judiciary department on whether it can be applied to all prosecutors/intervenors in the original petition. A couple of months ago they had asked the opinion of the department on whether the order can be applied across the state. The department in turn has asked the opinion of the attorney-general.

Nishant Bhat, Mumbai

24th September 2015

Yes, the circular was issued after the Konkan divisional commissioner asked a status report on the issue. This circular directs tehsildars to inverse the deletion of the term "private forest" from the record of rights unless they were petitioners in the special leave petition before the Supreme Court.

Shaunak Verdla, Mumbai

24th September 2015

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This petition was moved by around 19 petitioners, the SC had approved the rights of people who own houses on "private forest land" and asked the state to do the needful.

Nishant Bhat, Mumbai

24th September 2015