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The Gram Panchayat’s permission/NOC has no relevance, and the required permission ought to have been obtained from the Collector in the absence of any Authority.
“The Supreme Court held that the lands covered by the special orders issued under Section 4 of PLPA have all the trappings of forest lands within the meaning of Section 2 of the 1980 Forest Act and, therefore, the State Government or competent authority cannot permit its use for non-forest activities without the prior approval of the Central Government with effect from 25-10-1980.”
Supreme Court: The Bench comprising of Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta JJ., ordered to resume with the sealing of illegal structures