HC orders removal of encroachments on forest land in Ramanathapuram

Madurai All encroachments of forest lands have to be necessarily removed by the officials concerned even without the orders of the court, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court observed and direct

Madurai All encroachments of forest lands have to be necessarily removed by the officials concerned even without the orders of the court, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court observed and directed the removal of encroachment from forest land in Ramanathapuram district. A Division Bench of Justices T.S. Sivagnanam and S. Ananthi observed that as long as the lands stand declared as reserved forest, the plea raised by the petitioners cannot be entertained. They have to be necessarily treated as encroachers of forest lands, the court said.