central empowered committee report (i) of the cec in writ petition
central empowered committee report (i) of the cec in writ petition
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on <strong>the</strong> ground that <strong>the</strong>re was no reason to<br />
believe that <strong>the</strong> said land was non-forest land.<br />
The applicant has now requested to treat <strong>the</strong><br />
land as forest land; and<br />
(f) In respect <strong>of</strong> M/s Karthkeyan Manganese and<br />
Iron Ore (P) Ltd., <strong>the</strong> applicant applied for <strong>the</strong><br />
grant by stat<strong>in</strong>g that <strong>the</strong> proposed area is non-<br />
forest land. Even though <strong>the</strong> area was part <strong>of</strong><br />
Block No.17 and for which applications from<br />
public for grant <strong>of</strong> m<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g leases were <strong>in</strong>vited vide<br />
notification dated 15.3.2003, <strong>the</strong> m<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g lease<br />
was recommended and approved as sole<br />
applicant. As stated earlier, <strong>the</strong> <strong>the</strong>n Deputy<br />
Conservator <strong>of</strong> Forest, Bellary Forest Division<br />
took a fraudulent stand <strong>in</strong> this case that <strong>the</strong><br />
m<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g lease area is a non-forest land.<br />
20. Dur<strong>in</strong>g 2008, <strong>the</strong> Lokayukta, Karnataka as well as <strong>the</strong><br />
Karnataka Forest Department firmly took <strong>the</strong> stand that <strong>the</strong><br />
area where<strong>in</strong> m<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g leases have been granted <strong>in</strong> Ramgarh<br />
Block were forest areas and attract <strong>the</strong> provisions <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> FC<br />
Act. The NOC granted by <strong>the</strong> Range Forest Officer and by<br />
<strong>the</strong> Deputy Conservator <strong>of</strong> Forest were cancelled by <strong>the</strong><br />
Conservator <strong>of</strong> Forest, Bellary Circle. The Lokayukta,<br />
Karnataka giv<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> entire background, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong><br />
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