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Jul 28 2010 (HC)

The Government of Tamil Nadu, and ors. Vs. Tata Tea Limited, and anr.

Court : Chennai

..... manufacture of tea or domestic use in connection with the tea industry. the learned single judge negatived the prayer to declare tamil nadu hill areas (preservation of trees) act, 1955 as unconstitutional and void.2. the brief facts are that the 1st respondent company is having pachaimallai, pannimade, uralikal, velonie and valparai ..... has been declared as a private land, as per the provisions of preservation of private forest act, it attracts not only tamil nadu hill areas (preservation of trees) act, but also the forest conservation act, 1980 and tamil nadu preservation of private forest act. the learned counsel for the appellants would further submit that the learned ..... is not in much deviation from the provisions of the tamil nadu hill areas (preservation of trees) act, 1955. in our considered view, for cutting and removing of trees as per the provisions of tamil nadu hill areas (preservation of trees) act, 1955, permission in writing of the committee is mandatory.18. even though the .....

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Mar 18 1998 (HC)

Tata Tea Ltd., Regional Office Vs. State of Tamil Nadu and ors.

Court : Chennai

Reported in : (1998)3MLJ306

..... .1981 issued by the government, even assuming that the said notification had been validly issued. if at all, only the tamil nadu hill areas (preservation of trees) act, 1951 was applicable to the petitioner's land. clause 5 of the grant relied on by the respondents did not in any way authorize the ..... coimbatore for according sanction on merits by the district committee constituted under the tamil nadu hill areas (preservation of trees) act, 1955 (tamil nadu act 17 of 1955) and the tamil nadu preservation of private forests act, 1949 (tamil nadu act 27 of 1949). the district committee will have to impose a condition specifically that the fuel wood ..... the authorities.10. the joint commissioner has stated as follows: since valparai township comes under the purview of tamil nadu preservation of private forests act, 1949 and the tamil nadu hills areas (preservation of trees) act, 1955, every owner of the estate should get the prior permission of the forest committee constituted under the above .....

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Feb 05 1985 (HC)

Kodaikanal Wattle Bark Vyaparikal Sangam Represented by Its President ...

Court : Chennai

Reported in : (1985)2MLJ67

..... transport certificate by the ranger after certifying the origin of the bark and satisfactory compliance of the provisions of tamil nadu hill stations (preservation of trees) act, 1955 and the tamil nadu preservation of private forests act as bark does not fall under the purview of timber transit rules. it is at once clear that when the wattle bark ..... wattle bark cannot be peeled. therefore, the peeling off of the bark and the felling of the tree are two distinct and unrelated operations. under section 2 of the tamil nadu forest act, 1882, 'timber' is defined as including trees when they have felled or have been felled, and all wood, whether cut up or fashioned or ..... learned counsel for the petitioners contended that there is no provision either in the tamil nadu forest act or other related enactments or the rules thereunder to prevent the peeling off and transport of wattle bark from the trees in the patta lands and that the respondents had no authority or power to intercept and obstruct .....

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Feb 05 1985 (HC)

Kodaikanal Wattle Bark Vyaparikal Sangam and Etc. Vs. State of Tamil N ...

Court : Chennai

Reported in : AIR1986Mad137

..... transport certificate by the ranger after certify the origin of the bark and satisfactory compliance of the provisions of tamil nadu hill stations (preservation of trees) act, 1955and the tamil nadu preservation of private forest act as bark does not fall under the purview of timber transit rules. it is at once cleat that when the wattle bark is ..... the wattle bark cannot be peeled. therefore, the peeling off the bark and the felling of the tree are two distinct and unrelated operations. under s. 2 of the tamil nadu forest act, 1882, 'timber' is defined as incl4ded trees when they have fallen or have been felled, and all wood, whether cut up or fashioned or ..... wattle bark from the government forests under the guise of removal of the same from the trees belonging to the pattadars. the respondents therefore maintained that they were only attempting to check and prevent illegal transactions and unlawful acts and not to interfere in the lawful pursuit of business activities in wattle bark.3. the .....

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Nov 26 2007 (HC)

N. Mangalchand Vaid and ors. Vs. the Secretary to Government of Tamil ...

Court : Chennai

Reported in : (2008)1MLJ476

..... juncture, it is to be mentioned that the district collector is the chairman of the committees constituted both under the tamil nadu preservation of private forests act and the tamil nadu hill areas (preservation of trees) act. therefore, even if the notification is issued by the district collector, but not by the committee headed by him, it ..... where the lands of the appellants situate. therefore, the contention of the appellants that the notification should have been issued only under tamil nadu hill area (preservation of trees) act has no legs to stand before us. therefore, this contention raised on the part of the appellants is rejected.13. at this juncture, we feel ..... which may be declared by the committee to be forests besides the forests situated in estates as defined in the tamil nadu estate land act, 1938, the tamil nadu hill areas (preservation of trees) act, applies to all hill areas in the state. admittedly, the petitioners lands are in a contiguous area of exceeding two hectares. .....

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Sep 09 1986 (HC)

The Sirumalai Kanakasabapathy Poohjolai Co. Ltd. Vs. State of Tamil Na ...

Court : Chennai

Reported in : AIR1988Mad366

..... having sirumalai village where the lands are situated declared as a 'hill station', within the meaning of the tamil nadu hill stations (proservation of trees) act, 1955, hereinafter referred to as the act. in the tamil nadu forest manual corrected up to 31-12-1979, produced by the learned government advocate (forest cases), appearing for the ..... be equated to the enumerated areas in the schedule. the third submission is that the lands being ryoti lands and the notification under the tamil nadu preservation -of private forests act, 1949 having been held to be void by this court, the very, same reason must be held good for nullifying the present government order. ..... in sirumalaivillage, dindigul taluk,madurai dist. earlier, there was a notification by the collector of madurai under s. 1(2)(iii) of the tamil nadu preservation of private forests act, 1949. that notification was challenged by the petitioner in w. p. 3000 of 1977 and that challenge was successful when this court allowed the -writ .....

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Mar 10 2016 (HC)

Kanyakumari District Planters Association, Nagarcoil rep., by its Secr ...

Court : Chennai

..... two hectares, which may be declared by the committee to be forests besides the forests situated in estates as defined in the tamil nadu estate land act, 1938, and the tamil nadu hill areas (preservation of trees) act, upheld the validity of the notification. 29. the argument that ryotwari patta lands could not have been declared as forest that too without notice and without ..... justice. reference was also made to the existence of similar provisions under the tamil nadu hill areas (preservation of trees) act, 1955, which enactment is applicable to plantations such as tea, coffee, cardamom, under which prior permission is required for felling trees in terms of section 3(1) of the said act, wherein a district committee has been constituted as that of the private forest .....

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Jun 14 1984 (HC)

K.V. Kadiresan and Com., by Partner K.V. Kadiresan and ors. Vs. the St ...

Court : Chennai

Reported in : (1985)2MLJ15

..... ) act, 1969, etc have been enacted for the preservation of trees and in the larger interests of the state. respondents state that, in the earlier stages, timber ..... powers conferred under sections 35 and 36 of the tamil nadu forest act, 1882 (iii of 1882) a pro-constitution enactment. the said act was enacted 'for the protection and management of forests' in the state of tamil nadu. apart from this act, tamil nadu preservation of private forests act, 1949, tamil nadu hill stations (preservation of trees) act, 1955, gudalur jenmam estates (abolition and conversation into ryotwari .....

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Dec 03 1990 (HC)

C. Kaliammal and ors. Vs. the Forest Range Officer and ors.

Court : Chennai

Reported in : (1991)568MLJ1

..... or any offence committed or any fine or penalty incurred or any proceeding commenced in such place before such exemption. under the tamil nadu hill areas (preservation of trees) act, such area which is not under cultivation must be understood as a forest whether private or belonging to the state. this has defined cultivation to ..... 1985)2mlj67 , which supports his contention, the learned government advocate appearing for forest cases draws my attention to section 3(2) of the tamil nadu hill areas (preservation of trees) act, 1955 (xvii of 1955), and submits that this provision was not brought to the notice of the learned judge, when the judgment referred to by the learned ..... which action has to be taken for the contravention of the provisions of the act. 3. it seems, however, that a reference to section 3(2) of the tamil nadu hill areas (preservation of trees) act, 1955 (xvii of 1955), (hereinafter referred to as 'the act') is misplaced. the facts of the case do not warrant any examination .....

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Jul 07 1967 (HC)

P.M. Chinnayya Kurumba Goundar and ors. Vs. the State of Madras Repres ...

Court : Chennai

Reported in : (1968)2MLJ383

..... deal with connected matters and therefore they were heard together. the petitioners in these writ petitions seek for relief against the operation of the madras preservation of private forests act, 1949 (madras act (xxvii of 1949), which has been extended to certain well-known jagirs on the kalriyan hills, known as jadaya goundar jagir and kurumba goundar ..... be predicted when these restrictions will be removed, it will be appropriate to permit ponal kadu cultivation with suitable restrictions regarding acreage. locality, the kind of trees that may be removed for making the land fit for cultivation, and also providing for the regeneration of the forest. such restrictions may be provided for by ..... granted a lease for two years from 23rd july, 1965, for gathering produce, for extracting timber, bamboos etc., and for removal of wind-fallen and dead trees from the jagir area. while the collector of south arcot had granted sanction for such lease to a lessee dasaratha mudaliar on 12th july, 1963, in .....

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