CHAPTER-II Reserved Forests

Section 13: Appeals from the orders of Forest Settlement Officer

The Telangana Forest Act, 1967

How current this text is

Text as published by India Code for the Government of Telangana (Environment, Forests, Science and Technology Department): the Andhra Pradesh Forest Act, 1967 as in force in the combined State on 2 June 2014, adapted to Telangana under section 101 of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 by G.O.Ms.No.22, E.F.S&T (For.I) Department, dated 13.05.2015, with amendments up to Act No.35 of 1997.

Amendments made by Andhra Pradesh after 2 June 2014, such as the Andhra Pradesh Forest (Amendment) Act, 2016, do not apply in Telangana and are not in this text.

Chapter IIIA (sections 28A to 28G, Preservation of Private Forests) applies only in the Scheduled Areas and is not part of this India Code text; it is printed in the 2012 text of the Andhra Pradesh Forest Act hosted by the Telangana Forest Department, and the Telangana Preservation of Private Forest Rules, 1978, made under section 28-G for the scheduled areas, were adopted in Telangana by G.O.Ms.No.22 of 13.05.2015; the instrument that inserted the chapter has not been identified.

(1) Where a claim is rejected wholly or in part, the claimant may, within ninety days from the date of the order under sub-section (1) of section 10 and within sixty days from the date of the order under sub-section (1) of section 11, prefer an appeal to the district court having jurisdiction in respect of such rejection only.

(2) Where a claim is admitted under section 10 or section 11 in the first instance wholly or in part and where such claim does not relate to the acquisition of any land under the ¹Land Acquisition Act, 1894, a like appeal, subject to the same period of limitation and subject to the same conditions, may be preferred to the district court having jurisdiction on behalf of the Government by the forest officer or other person, generally or specially empowered by the Government in this behalf.

(3) Every order passed on appeal under this section shall be final.

(4) Where the district court, on appeal, decides that the claim or such part thereof as has been rejected should be admitted, the Forest Settlement Officer shall proceed to deal with it in like manner as if it has been in the first instance admitted by himself.

Footnotes in the official text

1.See now the Central Act No.30 of 2013.