Hyderabad: A two-judge panel of the Telangana High Court ordered notices in a writ plea challenging the provisions of the Telangana Forests Act, 1967. Chirra Guruvaiah, belonging to the Chenchu community, based his writ plea on the ground that the Telangana Forests Act was repugnant to The Scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest Dwellers Act, 2006 and consequentially unconstitutional. He …
Hyderabad: Forest department officials, along with those from tribal welfare, as well as district collectors who have been involved in vetting applications for podu land pattas, were urged to strictly follow the provisions in the Recognition of Forest Rights Act of 2005 while approving applications. The FGG, which has filed a PIL in the High Court over the issue of …
