Maharashtra Forest Manual Volume - II Draft for Approval 2013

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Maharashtra Forest Manual

Volume - II

Draft for Approval

2013
Maharashtra Forest Manual, Volume II

Contents at a Glance

Sr. No. Contents Page No.
1 List of Parts with Contents ii - vii
2 List of Appendices related to Parts viii - xi
3 Parts I to XXIII 1 - 132
4 Abbreviations 133 - 135
5 Appendices 1 to 91 136 - 513

Remarks:- Annexures referred to in the Parts are included in MFM Volume II
Compendium being maintained separately.

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MFM Volume-II

List of Parts with Contents

Part Title of Part Article Contents Page
I Indian Forest Act, 1927 1.01 Preface 1

1.02 Object 1
1.03 Salient Features 1
1.04 Indian Forest Act 1927 (Modified upto 27th 2
April 1994)
1.05 Implementation of Indian Forest Act, 1927 5
II Statutory Rules

(A) Bombay Forest Rules, 1942 2.01 Preface 6
2.02 Salient Features (Transit Pass) 6
2.03 Amended Bombay Forest Rules, 1942 related to 7
Sections of the Indian Forest Act
2.04 Bombay Forest Rules, 1942:- ( Modified upto 9
23rd December 1969)
2.05 Rule 88 and amendments – Prohibiting 12
conversion of timber within certain distance of
forests
2.06 Directions issued by Govt. in exercise of the 17
powers conferred by clause (b) of the sub-rule
11 of the rule 88 of B.F.R.,1942 (i - ii)
2.07 List of Additional Appendices and Annexures 19
related to Bombay Forest Rules, 1942
(B) Maharashtra Forest (Protection of 2.08 Preface 20
forests from fire) Rules, 1982
2.09 Maharashtra Forest (Protection of forests from 20
fire) Rules, 1982
2.10 Protection of Forests from Fire 21
III Statutory Orders
(A) Statutory Orders under Indian 3.01 Powers of Officers (S. 2,25,61,68,72 and 85)
Forest Act, 1927
SO:01 Powers of Forest Officers under the Forest Act 22
SO:02 Powers of certain Range Forest Officers to issue 23
search warrants
SO:03 Power to recover penalties under the Forest Act 23
SO:04 Powers conferred by the section 72 of the 2 3
Indian Forest Act, 1927 to the Forest Officers
(R.F.Os. and Foresters)
3.02 Notification Reserving and Prohibiting Certain
Acts in Protected Forests (S.30):
SO:05 Reservation of trees and prohibition of certain 23
acts in the Protected Forests of the Vidarbha
Region of Maharashtra State
SO:06 Bombay Protected Forests (Vidarbha Area), 23
Rules, 1958
SO:07 Reservation of trees and prohibition of certain 23
acts in the Protected Forests of the
Marathwada, Konkan and Western Maharashtra
Region of Maharashtra State
SO:08 Marathwada, Konkan and Western Maharashtra 23
Rules, 2001
SO:09 Reservation of trees and prohibition of certain 24
acts in the Protected Forests (Mangrove
Forests) of the Konkan Region of Maharashtra
State
3.03 Control of Forest Produce in Transit (S. 41 and
Rules 66 to 91)
SO:10- Control of Forest Produce in Transit 24
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(B) Statutory Orders concerning Forest 3.04 Statutory Orders concerning Forest Officers and
Officers and Forest Matters under Forest Matters under Other Acts

Other Acts SO:14 Powers of Forest Officers under Indian Arms 24
Act 1878 (XI of 1878) (Power to disarm)
SO:15 Powers of Forest Officers under the Bombay 25
Minor Mineral Extraction Rules
SO:16 Powers of Forest Officers under Maharashtra 25
Land Revenue Act, 1966
SO:17 Powers of Magistrates under S.67 of Indian 25
Forest Act 1927
SO:18 Use of fire arms by Forest Personnel (Code of 25
Criminal Procedure, (1973)
(C) Important Judgements under 3.05 Important Judgements under Indian Forest 25
Indian Forest Act, 1927 Act, 1927
(J:01 to J:30)

IV Forest Policy of Maharashtra State-2008 4.01 Preamble 31
4.02 Committees constituted for implementation of 31
Maharashtra Forest Policy, 2008
4.03 Forest Policy of Maharashtra State-2008 32
V Constitution of Forests, Afforestation
and Disforestation

(A) Acquisition of Lands for Forests 5.01 Acquisition of Lands for Forests (i - viii) 39
[S.11 and 84, I.F.A.] [S.11 and 84, I.F.A.]

(B) Settlement and Demarcation 5.02 System of Forest Settlement Adopted in the 40
[S. 3 to 25 and 29, I.F.A.] Maharashtra State (i, ii)

5.03 Position of a Forest Settlement Officer (i - vi) 41

5.04 Duties of a Forest Settlement Officer (i - viii) 41

5.05 Appeals against Orders passed by Forest 43
Settlement Officer (i - vi)

5.06 Notifications under the Indian Forest Act 43
Regarding Afforestation, etc. (i - xii)
5.07 Demarcation (i - iv) 45

5.08 Settlement and Demarcation Report (i - vi) 45

5.09 Settlement Records (i - iii) 48

(C) Boundaries and Boundary Marks 5.10 Boundaries and Boundary Marks (i - viii) 48
(D) Forest Surveys and Maps 5.11 Forest Surveys and Maps (i - vi) 50
(E) Disforestation of Forest Land from 5.12 Disforestation of Forest Land from 52
Forest to Other Purposes Forest to Other Purposes (i - ii)
[S.27, I.F.A.]

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VI Administrative Orders Concerning the 6.01 Protection of Forests and Treatment of Forests 53
Indian Forest Act, and the Statutory Offences in General
Rules and Orders thereunder (AO:01 - AO:06)
6.02 Protection of Forests Awaiting to be Notified as 54
Reserved (S. 5 & 26 (1) (A) and 20, I.F.A.)

(AO:07 - AO:08)
6.03 Fire Offences and Fire Protection 54
(S.26(1) (b) and (c), 32 (h) and 33 (d) and (e))

(AO:09 - AO:17)
6.04 Management of village Forests (S.28(2)) 56

(AO:18)
6.05 Control of Timber and Other Forest Produce in 56
Transit ( Section 41 and 42 I.F.A.)

(AO:19 - AO:28)
6.06 Penalties and Procedure (S. 52 to 69 I.F.A.)

[I] Disposal of seized perishable material. 59
(S.58. I. F. A.) : (AO:29)

[II] Arrests. (S. 64 and 65. I.F.A.) 59
(AO:30 - AO:31)

[III] Compounding of Forest Offence Cases and 59
Prosecution of offenders (S. 68. I.F.A.)
(AO:32 - AO:34)

[IV] Report and Registration of Offences 62
(AO:35 - AO:36)

[V] Engagement of pleaders for conducting 64
Forest offence cases in Court
(AO:37)

[VI] Rewards in Cases compounded under S. 64
68. I.F.A. (AO:38 - AO:41)
6.07 Powers of Forest Officers:- (S. 72. I. F. A.) 65
(AO:42 - AO:45)
6.08 Rewards from Fines and Confiscations. etc. 65
(S.76 (B). I.F.A. & Rule 130)
(AO:46 - AO:52)
VII The Maharashtra Private Forests 7.01 The Maharashtra Private Forests (Acquisition) 67
(Acquisition) Act, 1975 Act, 1975 (Modified upto 10th Oct. 1997)
7.02 The Maharashtra Private Forests (Acquisition) 67
Rules, 1975
7.03 Orders, Circulars and GRs of the Government 67
(i - xxiv)

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VIII Forest Conservation Act, 1980
(A) Forest Conservation Act, 1980 8.01 Salient features of FCA 1980 (i - iii) 70
(B) Important developments related 8.02 General (i - vi) 71
to Forest Conservation before
8.03 Related to Encroachment (i - vii) 72
formulation of FCA, 1980
(C) Applications of the Forest 8.04 Applications in General (i - xxi) 72
(Conservation) Act, 1980
8.05 Investigation and Surveys (i) 75
8.06 Tusser cultivation (i) 75
8.07 Management Plan, Working Plan, 76
Harvesting etc. (i - iii)
8.08 Related Protected Areas (i - vii) 76
8.09 Mining (i - xi) 77
8.10 Wind Mills (i - vii) 78
8.11 Violation of the provisions of the Forest 79
(Conservation) Act, 1980 (i - viii)
8.12 Encroachment (i - v) 80
(D) Submission of Proposals 8.13 General Guidelines (i - xvii) 81
8.14 Irrigation /Hydel /Hydro-electric Projects (i - iii) 83
8.15 Mining Projects (i - xii) 84
8.16 Simplified procedure for Certain 87
Categories of Proposals (i)
8.17 Special Provisions for O.F.C/Pipe 87
Lines/Transmission lines/LWE affected districts
etc. (i - viii)
8.18 Diversion of Forest land for Widening, 89
Expansion or Realignment of
Road/Rail/Canal (i - xiii)
(E) Important Conditions stipulated in 8.19 Compensatory Afforestation
Proposals [I] General Guidelines (i - viii) 91
[II] Land for raising Compensatory 92
Afforestation (i - xii)
8.20 Net Present Value
[I] Regarding collection of NPV (i - v) 94
[II] Guidelines for the collection of Net Present 95
Value (i - iv)
8.21 Special Fund for Compensatory Afforestation (i) 96
8.22 Compensatory Afforestation Fund / Constitution 96
and Functioning of CAMPA (i - vi)
(F) Dealing with Cases of diversion of 8.23 Procedure to deal with Proposals (i - xxviii) 98
forest land for non-forest purposes
8.24 Conditions stipulated in forestry clearances by the 101
Government of India (i - iii))
(G) Judgments 8.25 Supreme Court Judgments (i - xiv) 102
8.26 High Court Judgments (i - ii) 104
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IX Information related to Wildlife Section
9.01 The salient provisions of the Wildlife 105
(Protection) Act, 1972 along with the action
taken on these provisions by the State
Government (i - xxxviii)
9.02 Misc. Standing Orders, Guidelines, Eco- 111
Tourism Policy and Management Plans etc.
(i - ix)
X Non-Timber Forest Produce 10.01 Tendu and Apta leaves 113
(excluding bamboo and grass) 10.02 Minor Forest Produce in Scheduled Areas 11 3
10.03 Disposal of Maharashtra Minor Forest Produce 113
in other areas
10.04 Minor Forest Produce under Forest Rights Act, 113
2006
10.05 Non-Timber Forest Produce under Joint Forest 113
Management (JFM)
XI The Maharashtra Felling of Trees 11.01 Preface 114
(Regulation) Act, 1964
11.02 Object 114
11.03 Salient Features 114
11.04 The Maharashtra Felling of Trees (Regulation) 115
Act, 1964 (Modified upto Aug. 1989 and
amendment dated 14th June 1999)
11.05 The Maharashtra Felling of Trees (Regulation) 115
rules 1967 and (Amendment) Rules, 2005
11.06 Implementation of The Maharashtra Felling of 115
Trees (Regulation) Act, 1964
XII The Maharashtra sale of Trees by 12.01 Preface 116
Occupants belonging to scheduled 12.02 Object 11 6
Tribes (Regulation) Act, 1969
12.03 Salient Features 116

12.04 The Maharashtra sale of Trees by Occupants 116
belonging to Scheduled Tribes (Regulation)
Act, 1969 (Modified upto June 1997)
12.05 Implementation of The Maharashtra sale of 117
Trees by Occupants belonging to Scheduled
Tribes (Regulation) Act, 1969
XIII Compilation of Acts, Rules related to 13.01 Maharashtra Supply of Forest Produce by 118
Forest Produce, Taxes, Industrial government (Revision of Agreements) Act,

Supplies of Forest Produce, Minor 1982

Minerals Etc.
13.02 Maharashtra Supply of Forest Produce by 118

government (Revision of Agreements) Rules,
1983
13.03 Maharashtra Forest Development (Tax on Sale 118
of Forest Produce by Govt. or Forest
Development Corporation) (Continuance) Act,
1983 (Modified upto 30th June 1997)
13.04 Supply of bamboo to M/s BILT on long lease 118
13.05 Reservation of bamboo to small scale industries 118
XIV Acts and Rules related to Fodder, 14.01 Cattle Grazing in the Forests 119
Grazing Etc.
14.02 Sheep Grazing in the Forests 119
14.03 Procedure for allotment and sale of grass kurans 120

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Part Title of Part Article Contents Page

XV The Scheduled Tribes and Other 15.01 The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest 121
Traditional Forest Dwellers Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006

(Recognition of Forest Rights) and Rules 2007

Act, 2006 and Rules 2007
15.02 Types of forest rights 121

15.03 Main conditions for eligibility under this Act 121

15.04 Diversion of forest land upto 1 ha. 1 2 1

15.05 Limitations of FRA 121
XVI Note on Working Plan Code 16.01 Preface 122
16.02 A brief summary of important provisions of 12 2
working plan code
XVII Sales and Utilisation 17.01 Powers of Forest officers regarding Sales 123
17.02 Unified Depot Sale Conditions 124
17.03 Stoppage of Contractor System in the harvesting 124
of forestry works
17.04 NOC for Non-agricultural use for charcoal 124
manufacture under Sec.44
17.05 The Maharashtra Land Revenue Rules, 1967, 1969 125
& 1970 for regulation, cutting & disposal of trees,
other natural products, grazing etc.
17.06 Timber and Hardwood supply from government 125
Depots
17.07 Auction of Fodder Kurans on Forest Lands 125
17.08 Grading rules for classification of Timber 125
17.09 Uniformity in the harvesting of Timber – Pieces 125
17.10 Nistar 125
17.11 Rent for Toddy Trees in Government land 126
including forest land
17.12 General rules for Weights and Measures, 126
Classification, Calculation of volume, etc.
XVIII Joint Forest Management , 18.01 Joint Forest Management 127
Forest Development Agency etc.
18.02 Sant Tukaram Vana Gram Yojana 127
18.03 Natural Afforestation Programme (NAP) and 127
Forest Development Agency (FDA)
XIX Management of Forest with 19.01 Regarding Management of Forest with Revenue 128
Revenue Department Department
XX Management of Mangrove land 20.01 Conservation of Mangroves 129

20.02 Application of Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 to 129
Mangroves
XXI Forest Research 21.01 Conduct of Forest Research 130
21.02 Co-ordination of Forest research work and 13 0
collaboration with research institutes
21.03 Annual Research Report 131
21.04 Dispatch of botanical specimens for identification 131
XXII Note on Evaluation Code 22.01 Evaluation Code 131

22.02 Salient Features 131
XXIII Maharashtra State Biodiversity 23.01 Bio- Diversity Act and Rules 132
Board 132
23.02 Maharashtra State Biodiversity Board

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List of Appendices related to Parts

Sr.No. Appx Article Details of Appendix Kind Date Page
/Year
1 I (i) 1.05(i) Illicit fellings : Measures for checking of – St. Order 01-06-1965 136
2 I (ii) 1.05(i) Need for prompt detection and speedy follow-up Circular 18-06-1981 140
action in regard to illicit cutting of trees in
Government Forests
3 I (iii) 1.05(i) To supply information about illicit fellings on Letter 20-10-1981 144
forest land to the Govt.
4 I (iv) 1.05(i) Need for prompt detection and speedy follow up Circular 07-03-1988 147
action in regard to illicit cutting of trees in
Government Forests.
5 I (v) 1.05(i) Review of Loss due to Illicit Felling in Forest Letter 21-07-1997 151
through Quarterly Report (Revised)
6 I (vi) 1.05(i) Revised measures of forest protection G.R. 08-05-2003 159
7 I (vii) 1.05(i) Directions to decide the value of stumps of St. Order 24-04-2009 166
illicitly felled trees and of seized material
8 II (i) 2.05, Bombay Forest (Amendment) Rules, 1981 Notif. 16-07-1981 170
2.06(i)
9 II (ii) 2.05, Bombay Forest (Second Amendment) Notif. 19-08-81 172
2.06(i) Rules,1981
10 II (iii) 2.05 Bombay Forest (Amendment) Rules, 1982 Notif. 08-07-1982 175
11 II (iv) 2.05 Bombay Forest (Second Amendment) Rules, Notif. 19-11-1982 177
1982
12 II (v) 2.05 Bombay Forest (Amendment) Rules, 1985 Notif. 17-05-1985 178
13 II (vi) 2.05 Bombay Forest (Amendment) Rules, 1986: Notif. 22-01-1986 179
14 II (vii) 2.05 Bombay Forest (Amendment) Rules, 1992 Notif. 14-07-1992 180
15 II (viii) 2.05 Bombay Forest (Amendment) Rules, 1997 Notif. 22-07-1997 182
16 II (ix) 2.05 Bombay Forest (Amendment) Rules, 1998 Notif. 06-11-1998 183
17 II (x) 2.05 Bombay Forest (Amendment) Rules, 2001 Notif. 07-06-2001 185
18 II (xi) 2.05 Bombay Forest (Amendment) Rules, 2003 Notif. 03-11-2003 186
19 II (xii) 2.05 Bombay Forest (Amendment) Rules, 2010 Notif. 06-05-2010 187
20 II (xiii) 2.06(i) Amendment to Govt. Notification dated 16-07- Gazette,N. 01-08-1982 188
1981
21 II (xiv) 2.06(i) Amendment to Govt. Notification dated 16-07- Notif. 30-06-1983 189
1981
22 II (xv) 2.06(i) Amendment to Govt. Notification dated 16-07- Gazette,N. 15-03-2003 191
1981
23 II (xvi) 2.06(ii) Relocation of saw mills and transfer of Gazette,N. 06-11-2001 193
ownership of saw mills, etc.
24 II (xvii) 2.06(ii), Amendment to Govt. Notification dated 06-11- Gazette,N. 29-08-2002 195
2001
25 II (xviii) 2.06(ii), Amendment to Govt. Notification dated 06-11- Gazette,N. 16-07-2010 196
2001
26 II (xix) 2.06(ii), Amendment to Govt. Notification dated 06-11- Gazette,N. 09-09-2010 197
2001
27 II (xx) 2.07(i) Bombay Forest (Amendment) Rules, 1999 - Notific. 22-09-1999 198
Revision in Bombay Forest Rules 1942
28 II (xxi) 2.07(i) Bombay Forest (Amendment) Rules, 1992 Gazette 04-06-1993 199

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Sr.No. Appx Article Details of Appendix Kind Date Page
/Year
29 II (xxii) 2.07(i) Relocation of saw mills and transfer of Gazette 28-08-1991 201
ownership of saw mills, etc.
30 II (xxiii) 2.07(i) Regularisation of Saw mills within dist. of 10 km Letter 20-03-2003 204
from RF / PF
31 II (xxiv) 2.07(i) Implementations as per order of High Court Letter 11-01-2005 206
dated 07-02-2002 in para 16(iv)
32 II (xxv) 2.07(i) Implementations as per order of High Court Letter 12-01-2005 208
dated 07-02-2002 in para 16(iii),(iv)
33 III (i) 3.01 Powers conferred by the sub-section (1) of G. Notif. 12-04-2002 209
section 72 of the Indian Forest Act, 1927 (XVI of G. Notif. 21-04-2001 210
1927) to the Forest Officers (R.F.Os. and
Foresters)
34 III (ii) 3.02 Reservation of trees and prohibition of certain G. Notif. 19-12-1968 212
acts in the Protected Forests of the
Vidarbha Region of Maharashtra State
35 III (iii) 3.02 Bombay Protected Forests (Vidarbha Area), G. Notif. 19-12-1958 213
Rules, 1958
36 III (iv) 3.02 Reservation of trees and prohibition of certain G. Notif. 27-11-2001 215
acts in the Protected Forests of the
Marathwada, Konkan and Western Maharashtra
Region of Maharashtra State
37 III (v) 3.02 Marathwada, Konkan and Western Maharashtra G. Notif. 27-11-2001 222
Rules, 2001
38 III (vi) 3.02 Reservation of trees and prohibition of certain G. Notif. 20-09-2012 231
acts in the Protected Forests (Mangrove Forests)
of the Konkan Region of Maharashtra State
39 III (vii) 3.04 Powers of Forest Officers under Maharashtra G. Notif. 30-01-1997 234
Land Revenue Act, 1966
40 III (viii) 3.04 Powers of Magistrates under S.67 of Indian G. Notif. 03-04-1997 235
Forest Act 1927
41 III (ix) 3.04 Use of fire arms by Forest Personnel (Code of G. Notif. 19-09-2006 236
Criminal Procedure, (1973)
42 V (i) 5.06, Forms of notifications and notices under the Forms ---- 237
5.09, I.F.A. (i to viii) and form of Area register (ix)
5.12
43 VI (i) 6.03 Protection of forests from Fire St. Order 22-05-2001 240
44 VI (ii) 6.03 Protocol on Forest Fires - regarding Letter 09-05-2006 250
45 VI (iii) 6.03 Revised proforma for reporting fires at Beat level Letter 24-01-2008 252
& at State level
46 VI (iv) 6.06 Related to dealing of Forest Offence Cases Circular 08-09-1982 258
47 VIII (i), 8.04(i), Supreme Court Judgement -T. N. Godavaraman Judgment 12-12-1996 262
8.25(iv), Thirumulkpad -Versus- Union of India and
19.01 Others in Writ Petition No. 202 of 1995 with 171
of 1996
48 VIII (ii), 8.04(xvii High Court Bombay Judgment dt.6-10-2005 in Order 6-10-2005 274
i), 20.01 Writ Petition No. 3246/2004 (Regarding
Mangrove Forests)

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