Court : Delhi
..... governor of delhi appointed the adm (revenue) to be the forest settlement officer to enquire into and determine the existence, nature and extent of any rights alleged to exist in favour of any person in or over any land comprised within such limits, as stood notified vide notification no.10(42)-ipa/dcf/93(1) dated 24th may, 1994 or in or over any forest produce and to deal with the same as provided in chapter ii of the indian forest act, 1927 .36. ..... section 11 of the statute is concerned with the power of the forest settlement officer to make orders with regard to claims of right in or over land; section 12 w.p. ..... - in exercise of the powers conferred by section 29 the indian forest act, 1927, read with the government of india, ministry of home, notification no.104 j and no.146-j dated 24.8.50 and 6.12.50, the lt. ..... in compliance with the orders of the supreme court dated 25th january, 1996 and 13th march, 1996, the revenue department of the government of nct of delhi issued a notification bearing no.f1(29)/pa/dc/95 dated 2nd april, 1996 in exercise of powers conferred under section 154 of the delhi land reforms act, 1954 placing the uncultivated lands of gaon sabhas falling in the ridge at the disposal of the forest department of the government of nct of delhi. .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : Delhi
..... governor of delhi appointed the adm (revenue) to be the forest settlement officer to enquire into and determine the existence, nature and extent of any rights alleged to exist in favour of any person in or over any land comprised within such limits, as stood notified vide notification no.10(42)-ipa/dcf/93(1) dated 24th may, 1994 or in or over any forest produce and to deal with the same as provided in chapter ii of the indian forest act, 1927 .36. ..... section 11 of the statute is concerned with the power of the forest settlement officer to make orders with regard to claims of right in or over land; section 12 w.p. ..... - in exercise of the powers conferred by section 29 the indian forest act, 1927, read with the government of india, ministry of home, notification no.104 j and no.146-j dated 24.8.50 and 6.12.50, the lt. ..... in compliance with the orders of the supreme court dated 25th january, 1996 and 13th march, 1996, the revenue department of the government of nct of delhi issued a notification bearing no.f1(29)/pa/dc/95 dated 2nd april, 1996 in exercise of powers conferred under section 154 of the delhi land reforms act, 1954 placing the uncultivated lands of gaon sabhas falling in the ridge at the disposal of the forest department of the government of nct of delhi. .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : Jharkhand
Reported in : [2008(4)JCR557(Jhr)]
..... after receipt of submission of the report by the forest settlement officer the governor of bihar was pleased to issue notification under section 30 of the indian forest act, 1927 being notification no. ..... it is also submitted that after commencement of the indian forest act, 1927 and bihar private forest act, 1947 whenever the governor of bihar has decided to constitute protected forest, it has issued notification and published the same in bihar gazette (extraordinary).the governor of bihar was pleased to issue notification under section 14(21) of the bihar private forest act, 1947 being notification no. ..... thereafter, the government of bihar was pleased to issue notification under section 29(3) of the indian forest act, 1927 being notification no. ..... the aforesaid notification under the provisions of indian forest act, 1927 was issued way back on 19th december, 1964 itself and holds good even on the date.11. ..... counsel for the petitioner has raised specific contention with regard to the power of janch badar to set aside the order, passed under section 89(1) of the chhotanagpur tenancy act. ..... the third contention raised is that the order in the janch badar case was an executive/administrative order and the settlement officer cannot set aside the order exercised under statutory powers provided under section 89(1) of the act.8. .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : Jharkhand
Reported in : [2005(3)JCR464(Jhr)]
..... fact in all the cases, as pleaded by the petitioners, is that the government of bihar, in exercise of power conferred under section 29 of the indian forest act, 1927 (act xiv of 1927), issued a notification on 9th july, 1958, declaring the lands, mentioned in the schedule of notification, as forest lands and waste lands, to be called as 'protected forest', subject to enquiry with regard to the nature and extent of rights of government and private parties. ..... the forest settlement officer, dhanbad, having heard and after making enquiry, by order dated 28th november, 1964 ordered to release lands having plot ..... the forest settlement officer was appointed on 9th july, 1958 vide notification ..... the said case, petitioner haru mahto and some of his co-sharers were present before the forest settlement officer. ..... after hearing the parties, the forest settlement officer, dhanbad, held 'i am convinced that haru mahto and his co-sharers have raiyati rights over all the plots, as noted in the order sheet dated 30th august, ..... petition under order xxxix, rules 1 and 2 read with section 151 of the code of civil procedure was filed by the divisional forest officer in title appeal no. ..... during pendency of the said appeal, the divisional forest officer , dhanbad, preferred a number of bf cases against the members of the ..... the high court directed the divisional forest officer to pass appropriate order within sixty days on the question of preliminary objection, relating to maintainability of the case le bple .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : Patna
..... --in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (3) of section 29 of the indian forest act, 1927 (act no. ..... 16 of 1927), and in supersession of all the existing notification in the subject, the governor of bihar is pleased to lay down the following procedure for enquiry into and regarding the rights of government and of private persons in or over the forest-lands and waster-lands included in the 'protected forest':(1) an officer designated as forest settlement officer will be appointed to enquire and record these rights and the jurisdiction of the forest settlement officer. ..... following the notification under section 4, section 6 obliges the forest settlement officer to publish a proclamation in local vernacular giving the details regarding the reservation of such forest. ..... section 17 provides for an appeal against an order passed by the forest settlement officer and expressly limits the appeal as being available only against orders passed under sections 11, 12, 15 or 16. ..... sections 13 to 15 allow for the continuance of exercise of such rights if admitted by the forest settlement officer. ..... objections received by the forest settlement officer are to be inquired into under section 7 of the act and section 8 defines the powers of the forest settlement officer section 11 provides that in case the claim of a private individual is admitted by the forest settlement officer, the land over which the right is admitted could be acquired under the land acquisition act. .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : Supreme Court of India
..... 23.11.1955 6828/1-806-55 following land has been declared as protected forest by his excellency governor, as per the powers provided under section 4 indian forest act, 1927 (act no.16 of 1927) according to section 4 sub-section 1(c) of the aforesaid act, concerned sub-divisional officer is appointed forest settlement officer and additional commissioner, lucknow division empowered to receive objections against the order of forest settlement officer under section 17 of the act. ..... on such claims has elapsed, and all appeals (if any) presented within such period have been disposed of by the appellate officer or; court and (c) all 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 acquisition act, 1894 (1 of 1894), have become vested in the 8 government under section 16 of that act, the state government shall publish a notification in the official gazette, specifying definitely, according to boundary-marks erected or otherwise .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : Allahabad
Reported in : 2002(1)AWC562
..... 37860 of 2001, has made following submissions :(1) the notification under section 4 of the indian forest act, 1927, was issued without there being any final decision of the state government for constituting the reservedforest. ..... notification under sections 4, 6 and 20 under the indian forest act, 1927, (hereinafter to be referred as the '1927 act'), has been issued with regard to land recorded as forest hence there is no right of any tenure holder in the aforesaid land. ..... several state amendments have been made by the state legislature in the indian forest act, 1927, including the amendment made in section 3 by u. p. ..... deputy director of consolidation (supra) laid down that forest settlement officer having the power of the civil courts and his orders being subject to appeal and revision are final and, once notification under section 20 of the forest act has been issued declaring the land as reserved forest it is not open to raise objection before the consolidation authorities qua the said notification. ..... consolidation of holdings act the provisions of the indian forest act, 1927, cannot have any effect with regard to tenure holders and the land held and occupied by the tenure holders. ..... there is no error in the judgment of the consolidation authorities holding that in view of the notification issued under section 20 of the indian forest act, 1927, the land is reserved forest and objectors cannot claim any right in the aforesaid land. .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : Allahabad
..... the forest settlement officer, after hearing the parties, vide order dated 08.10.1991 held that the plots in question were liable to be excluded from the notification under section 4 of the indian forest act. ..... interesting legal issue has arisen in the present petition, namely as to whether the forest settlement officer in exercise of powers under section 11 of the act, 1927 and for that purpose the additional district judge, while exercising power as the appellate authority, can adjudicate upon the claim of the rival parties qua the title over the plots, which have been directed to be excluded from notification under section 4. 7. ..... - any person who has made a claim under this act, or any forest officer or other person generally or specially empowered by the state government in this behalf, may, within three months from the date of the order passed on such claim by the forest settlement officer under section 11, section 12, section 15 or section 16, present an appeal from such order to the district judge." 14. ..... various plots of land, as mentioned in paragraph 1 of the writ petition, situate in village mahuaon kala, pargana agori, tehsil rabartsganj, district sonebhadra were subject matter of notification under section 4 of the indian forest act, 1927 (hereinafter referred to as 'act, 1927'). .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : Gujarat
Reported in : (2004)2GLR568; (2004)IIILLJ259Guj
..... the powers of settlement officer are under section 8 who is authorized to survey, demarcate and make a map. ..... the indian forests act, 1927 is the law relating to the forests, the transit of forest produce and the duty leviable on timber and other forest produce. ..... in respect of officers of the indian forests service. ..... civil application no.4715 of 2003 and 4435 of 2001, and the question no.2 referred in special civil application no.8259 of 1996 and 2566 of 1997 in the negative, by holding that, the forest and environment department of the state government is not an 'industry' under section 2(j) of the industrial disputes act, 1947, and the question whether any of its units, establishments or undertakings, is an industry or not, will depend upon the nature of the work done by such entity and only ..... ram chandra, reported in 2003(1) lln 619, holding that the activities undertaken by the forest department in the state of rajasthan cannot be regarded as a part of sovereign function of the state and the department of forest in the state of rajasthan was an industry within the meaning of section 2(j) of the act; the decision of the allahabad high court in zonal chief engineer, uttar pradesh jal nigam, gorakhpur v. .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : Allahabad
Reported in : AIR1967All472
..... any person who has made a claim under this act, or any forest officer or other person generally or specially empowered by the state government in this behalf, may, within three months from the date of the order passed on such claim by the forest settlement officer under section 11, section 12, section 15 or section 16, present an appeal from such order to such officer of the revenue department, of rank not lower than that of a collector, as the state government may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint to hear appeals from such ..... by this petition under article 226 of the constitution, the petitioners have challenged the validity of proceedings taken under the provisions of chapter ii of the indian forest act, 1927 (act no. ..... to be no warrant in law that i should apply the general law contained in section 14-a of the land revenue act, 1901 and should spell a power in sri pande, the additional collector, for hearing appeals under section 17 of the forest act.in the view which i have taken above it is not necessary to express any final opinion on the question whether the officer of therevenue department authorised by the state government under section 17 of the forest act would entertain and hear appeals as a persona designata, though i am inclined in favour .....
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