Ministry of Environment and
Forests
G.S.R.107(E).-In the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Rules, 2004 published in the
Official Gazette of India, Extraordinary Part II-Section 3-Sub-section (i) vide G.S.R. No. 94 (E) dated 03rd February,
2004, sub-rules (4) and (6) of rule 6 of the said rules as contained in rule 5
of the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Rules, 2004 shall be read as follows :
“ (4) The
proposal referred to in clause (e) (ii) of sub-rule (3), involving forest land upto forty hectares shall be forwarded by the concerned
State Government or as the case may be, the Union territory Administration, alongwith its recommendations, to the Chief Conservator of
Forests or the Conservator of Forests of the concerned Regional Office of the
Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, who shall, within a
period of forty five days of the receipt
of the proposal from the concerned State Government or the Union territory
Administration, as the case may be (a) decide the diversion proposal upto five hectares other than the proposal relating to
mining and encroachments, and (b)
process, scrutinise and forward diversion proposal of more than five hectares
and upto forty hectares including all proposals
relating to mining and encroachments upto forty
hectares, along with the recommendations, if any, to the Ministry of
Environment and Forests, Paryavaran Bhawan, CGO Complex, New Delhi – 110003, for obtaining the
decision of the Central Government and inform the State Government or the Union
territory Administration, as the case may be, and the User Agency concerned.
(6)
The proposal referred to in clause (e)
(ii) of sub-rule (3), involving forest land of more than forty hectares shall be forwarded by the concerned
State Government or as the case may be, the Union territory Administration, alongwith its recommendations, to the Ministry of
Environment and Forests, Paryavaran Bhawan, CGO Complex, New Delhi - 110003.”
Note : The
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(Dr. V.K. BAHUGUNA)
Inspector General of Forests (