{"id":235608,"date":"2020-09-10T18:26:02","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T12:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=235608"},"modified":"2020-09-18T12:34:48","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T07:04:48","slug":"bom-hc-can-government-take-any-land-into-their-possession-without-declaring-same-to-be-private-forest-under-maharashtra-private-forest-acquisition-act-1975-hc-discusses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/09\/10\/bom-hc-can-government-take-any-land-into-their-possession-without-declaring-same-to-be-private-forest-under-maharashtra-private-forest-acquisition-act-1975-hc-discusses\/","title":{"rendered":"Bom HC | Can Government take any land into their possession without declaring same to be &#8216;private forest&#8217; under Maharashtra Private Forest (Acquisition) Act, 1975? HC discusses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Bombay High Court:\u00a0<\/strong>Anil S. Kilor, J., held that to declare land as private forest under Maharashtra Private Forest (Acquisition) Act, 1975, it is necessary for the land to fall under the ambit of &#8216;private forest&#8217; <span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">under Section 2 (f) and notice has to be issued to the owner and to all other persons having an interest in such land, calling on them to show cause why such declaration should not be made.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Present petition is arising out of the order dated 08-03-2016 passed by Maharashtra Revenue Tribunal, Nagpur upholding the Collector&#8217;s Order declaring thereby the notices issued by the Range Forest Officer to the petitioner intimating that the Government has taken possession of the land owned by the petitioner as the land falls under the definition of Section 2(c&#8211;i)(f) of the Maharashtra Private Forest (Acquisition) Act, 1975.<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 7\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Sunil Manohar, Senior Advocate assisted by Vidya Umale, Advocate for the petitioner and Barabde, Assistant Government Pleader for the respondents.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">What does Section 3 of the Maharashtra Private Forest (Acquisition) Act, 1975 talk about?<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 10\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Section 3 of the Act, 1975, speaks about the vesting of private forest in State Government.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 10\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It says that all private forests in the State shall stand acquired and vest, free from all encumbrances, in, and shall be deemed to be, with all rights in or over the same or appertaining thereto, the property of the State Government.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Further, it has been stipulated <span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">all rights, title and interest of the owner or any person other than Government subsisting in any such forest on the appointed day shall be deemed to have been extinguished.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 11\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Private Forest<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Section 2 (f) of the Act, 1975,<\/strong> defines the \u2018private forest\u2019 means in case whether the State Government and any other persons are jointly interested in the forest, the interest of such person in such forest or sites of dwelling houses constructed in such forest which are considered to be necessary for the convenient enjoyment or use of the forest land appurtenant thereto.<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 12\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Section 21 of the Act, 1975<\/strong> mandates the Collector or any officer authorised in this behalf by State Government, to issue a notice to the owner and to all other persons having an interest in such land, calling on them to show cause why such declaration should not be made.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Section 21 makes it clear that a private land not <span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">covered by Clause-(f) of Section 2 can be declared as a \u2018private forest\u2019 and only those lands which are covered by Clause (f) of Section 2 will vest in the State Government in accordance of Section 3 of the Act, 1975.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Present Matter<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On perusal of the notices issued by the Range Forest Officer, it is apparent <span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">that the said notices do not refer to any declaration under Section 21 or disclose how the land in question falls in the purview of the definition of \u2018private forest\u2019 under Section 2 (f).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Further, <span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">neither the Collector nor the Tribunal has noted any declaration under Section 21 of the Act 1975 or discussed any material wherefrom it can safely be said that the land owned by the petitioner falls within the purview of Section 2 (f) of the Act, 1975.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Illegal<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hence, the Bench declared that without disclosing how the land owned by the petitioner falls within the ambit of definition of &#8216;private forest&#8217; under the Act 1975 or without following the procedure laid down in the Act, to declare the land in question as &#8216;private forest&#8217; is illegal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Adding to the above, Court stated that the <span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">Collector and the Tribunal did not go into the issue of applicability of the Act, 1975 to the land owned by the petitioner.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In light of the above, matters need to be remanded to the Collector for fresh consideration by keeping all the contentions of the parties open.<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 16\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is further directed that the Collector shall consider the observations made hereinabove relating to provisions of Sections 2 (f) and 21 of the Act, 1975 while deciding the matter afresh.<span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">[Gaurakshan Sanstha, Arvi, v. 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