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Risk Assessment Criteria for Tree Felling |
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1 Terminalia chebula 2 Santalum album 3 Terminalia peniculata 4 Tectona grandis 5 Pterocarpus marsupium 6 Hardwickia binata 7 Madhuca latifolila 8 Adina cordifolia 9 Eugenia jambolana 10 Mangifera indica 11 Ougelnia dalbergioidies 12 Mangrove 13 Acacia catechu 14 Terminalia tomentosa 15 Nothopodytes nimmoniana/Nothopodytes foetida
Additional scheduled trees species for Sindhudurg District only | |||||
1 | Dalbergia latifolia | ||||
2 | Gmelina arboria | ||||
3 | Lagerstroemia lanceolata | ||||
4 | Terminalia belerica | ||||
5 | Strychnes nuxvomica | ||||
6 | Euginia zeylanica | ||||
7 | Terminalia arjuna |
“Tree Officer”, who happens to be a Range Forest Officer is the authority to grant the felling permission.District Collector is the Appellate Authority.
The Sample filled format of Application Documents required (Original Copies) for felling of trees under Mah. Felling of Trees (Regulation) Act, 1964 alongwith Application.
1 | A copy of 7/12 from Talathi indicating details of Trees. | 2 | If the owner is more than one as per 7/12, then consent letter of each owner with Photographs from Setu. |
3 | Village form No. 8-A from Talathi. | 4 | A copy of Record of Rights, Mutation Register from Tahasildar |
5 | Map of related Survey No. (Settlement/Remeasurement/consolidation map) and in case the survey number is adjoining to Govt land, certified land from Tahsildar. | 6 | Boundary Certificate indicating names of adjoining Land owners and the Survey Nos. from Talathi. |
7 | Certificate from Tahsildar/Naib Tahsildar regarding ownership of land and trees in case of Class I Land owner (Bhogwatdar-l) and from SDO/Tahsildar in case of Class-II Land owner (Bhogwatdar-II). | 8 | Caste Certificate from Tahsildar/Naib Tahsildar, if the applicant belongs to scheduled tribe, the certificate is to be from SDO, Revenue. |
9 | Details of trees as per Survey No. | 10 | Permission from Collector in case of trees within 30 meters of the extreme edge of the bank or any water course, spring or tank.* |
11 | Permission from Collector in case if the tree growth in the uncultivable land is less in proposition to 20 trees per acre.* | 12 |
Undertaking to plant trees as specified by tree officer. |
As per the Maharashtra Land Revenue (Regulation of right to trees etc.) Rules 1967. (Note: If the authorized officer to issue the certificate is different than indicated above, then certificate from such authorized officer of the concerned department need to be attached.)
Replanting requirement: As per section 3(1B) of the Maharashtra felling of Trees (Regulation) Act, 1964; the permission to fell trees shall be granted subject to the condition that the applicant shall plant equal number of trees of the same or any other species as the Tree Officer may direct, on the same site or other suitable place in the vicinity in the ensuing plantation season.
Inspection procedure, guidelines and time limit.
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Particulars
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Time Limit
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Issuing Acknowledgement to the Applicant: Verification of application and accompanying documents to ascertain completeness of the application as indicated at the Website and major issues given below:
a) To ascertain the ownership of the application over land and Trees. If the applicant is Bhogawatdar-II, whether the certificate from appropriate authority is attached. b) If the caste of applicant is scheduled Tribe, whether the certificate from appropriate authority is attached. c) To ascertain the location and shape of the survey number same as per settlement, remeasurement and consolidation maps provided by the applicant. d) The said Survey number is not a part of notified Reserve forests/protected forests/ zudpi jungle/ unclassed forests/ acquired private forests /identified forests. e) Whether the applicant’s land is adjoining to Govt. land, if so survey map by TILR attached or not. |
7 days |
2 | Tree Officer will arrange for forest survey when the applicant’s land is adjoining to Govt. forest land for verification of boundary through TILR map provided by the applicant and other relevant documents. He will also arrange for joint survey (forest surveyor and TILR) if required. The concerned Round Officer shall be present at the time of survey. | 15 days |
3 |
Tree officer will send all the case papers to concerned Round Officer for document verification and field inspection. |
8 days |
4 | Submission of report by Round Officer to the Tree Officer | 2 days |
5 | Based on the observations/recommendations of Round Officer, the Tree Officer will call objections from public if any, by way of issuing Advertisement (Jahirnama ) in Grampanchayat, enquire into the objections received and process the application accordingly. | 15 days |
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Field inspection and related enquiries by Tree Officer. |
10 days |
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Communication of decision by the tree officer to the applicant. | 3 days |
Total time required | 60 days |