Private Forest Land Chaos or Fraud

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Private Forest LandChaos or Fraud ?

• 3 yrs Over 67000 Innocent Families
• waiting for Protection
• --KIRIT SOMAIYA, BJP Leader

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Private Forest LandChaos, Connivance
Corruption..

• 3 yrs over on 19 July 08
• The first list, instructions declaring, developed
  property Pvt. Forest issued on 28 July 2005
• Stop Work to Development, Repairing, Roads

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Private Forest LandChaos, Connivance
Corruption..

• Govt., BMC projects,funds,activities banned
• Sale, Resale shifting transfer of property not
  allowed
• Prohibition of Registration of Properties in this
  areas

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Areas declared Forest in 2005
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Big Private ProjectForest Released, Entries
withdrawn recently
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Chronology of Events

• 2002-05 State Govt. filed Affidavit to enroll
  Private Forest in 7/12
• 2004 2005 State Govt. issued instruction not
  to allow development on Private Forest Land
• 30/5/05 - Mumbai High Court Final Order on PIL
  on Private Forest Land
• 30.5.2006 - Govt. should complete, correcting
  land records

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Chronology of Events

• 1/6/2005 to 31/12/2005 - Forest Conservator
  submitted list of private forest land to
  Collector
• June 2005 to May 2006 Collectorate recorded
  private forest on 7/12
• Mar-Apr 2006 Kirit Somaiya filed PIL
• Mar-May 2006 BMC issued stop work notices

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Chronology of Events

• Apr-Aug 2006 Mulund Residents Association
  Others filed PIL
• Interim Relief by High Court
• State Govt. objected the Interim Relief
• 2006-07 State Govt. filed Appeal against the
  Relief in Supreme Court.
• 2007 Supreme Court Interim Order for Statuesque
  and not to create hurdles

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Chronology of Events

• 2006-07 State Govt. Affidavit in Mumbai High
  Court
• State Govt. argued all Survey No. / Plots against
  which notices issued in 1954-57 are forest and
  development is illegal / stopped / disallowed
• Appeal been filed by Mulund Residents Association
  Others in the Supreme Court
• 22.8.08 - Supreme Court next hearing

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State Govt. Attitude / Action

• Declared 67000 Tenants / houses Forest
• Changed 7/12 Law Revenue Record unilateraly
• State Govt., Chief Secretary, Forest Dept. filed
  affidavit All this structures / tenements are
  illegal / encroachment
• Protection of Forest environment is must

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State Govt. Attitude / Action

• All piece of land / survey no. against which
  notices were issued during 1954-57 are Forest
• Opposed the Residents Association, Refugee
  Colonies etc.
• Declared the Govt. Building, ESIS Hospital etc.
  Forest Illegal

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Chaos or Corruption ?

• Ministers announcement 67000 household be
  protected
• Chief Minister, Forest Minister made public
  statement Govt. action is absorbed
• State Govt. took opposite position in High Court
  that No consideration for Innocent Residents

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Chaos or Corruption ?...

• State Govt. ordered BMC to declare this zones
  forest
• Asked BMC to issue stop work notices
• State Govt. / BMC stopped welfare, Road Repair
  works in this zone.
• No protective measures for 5 lac Residents
  initiated by State Govt. in last 3 yrs.

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Chaos or Corruption ?...

• New Big Project Private Forest Notices
  withdrawn
• Convenient interpretation of Rules, Guidelines,
  Law, Order
• Sufferer are 4-5 lac innocent citizen
• BJP demands protection of 67000 families 4-5
  lac innocent residents first.

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Big Project Clearance

• Land against which Notices were issued in 1954-58
• Private Forest Entries entered in 2005/06
• Stopped Work Notices were given
• Compromise / Settlement by SGNP but not cleared
  by Private Forest Dept / Conservator
• Cleared Now/Ignored/Special Treatment by
• Sanjay Gandhi Notional Park (SGNP) Private
  Forest (Thane Conservator) Revenue Forest
  Ministry Collectors BMC
• Accommodative interpretation of Provisions, Court
  Interim Relief

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Big Project Clearance

• Cleared / NOC / Permission given to Private
  Builder, though Notices issued in 1954-57
• Private Forest during 1954-57 but released now
  with FLIMSY Petty Penalties
• Permission now given for development in the name
  / provision of Private Forest Land Non
  Applicability. (Sec. 6, Sec.3(2) or so)

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Big Project Clearance

• Construction, Development, O.C. are given
• Permissions, O.C. etc. allowed in the name of
  Interim Relief given by court.
• O.C. issued in the name of Property being given
  / handed over to BMC/Govt. (Accommodation Plots
  etc.) TDR issued against the same.

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BJP Demands

• Protect 67,438 Common Men Houses
• FIRST Innocent Residents
• Special Provisions-Amendment in this Assembly
  Session
• Facilitation of BIG at the cost of Small be
  stopped
• Protect 5 lac Residents
• KIRIT SOMAIYA GOPAL SHETTY