central empowered committee report (i) of the cec in writ petition

part and parcel of the said notification or
otherwise and thereafter should take necessary
corrective measures. In case the decision taken
by the Forest Settlement Officer is found to be in
accordance with the notification and the
provisions of the Karnataka Forest Act regarding
settlement of rights, before implementing the
decision, approval under the FC Act for deletion
of the areas from the forest should be obtained
from the Central Government (as is being done
in all other similarly placed cases).
22. The CEC is also of the considered view that in the
above matter, the Rules, Regulations and provisions of the
MMRD Act, Mineral Concession Rules, the Forest
Conservation Act and various Notifications issued by the
State Government have been flagrantly violated not because
the concerned officers were not aware of them or there was
any ambiguity or difference of opinion among the various
Departments / officers but because of extremely rich iron ore
deposits in these areas and the ease with which it could be
mined and the huge amount of money involved. It is
therefore necessary that in addition to the other remedial
measure and action against the officers, the concerned
mining lease holders are made to disgorge the profits made
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