Rana George, son of Vitality Minister Okay.J. Goerge, on Friday, moved the Excessive Court docket of Karnataka searching for a course to the State Forest Division allowing him 24X7 unrestricted use of a street throughout the forest to have entry to his personal property located throughout the boundaries of Nugu Wildlife Sanctuary in H.D. Kote taluk of Mysuru district.
Justice Hemant Chandangoudar, earlier than whom Mr. Rana George’s petition got here up for listening to, ordered the problem of discover to the State authorities.
The Minister’s son had submitted an software to the Forest Division again in August 2020 searching for permission to make use of the street throughout the forest, to entry his personal property, which he had acquired from the unique house owners of the land.
He had sought permission to make use of the street throughout the forest as one other street out there to achieve his property will get submerged within the water throughout rain or every time the water stage within the Nugu dam raises.
The division, appearing on his software submitted 4 years in the past, on March 1, 2024, permitted him and the labourers engaged on his land to make use of the street throughout the forest between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. throughout monsoon and when the extent of the backwaters of the dam crosses 100 ft.
Nevertheless, the petitioner has claimed in his petition that the restriction towards the usage of the street between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. is an arbitrary situation, denying the proprietor of the property entry to and from the land.
Contending that he’s utilizing the property just for his private use and never for any industrial goal, it has been said within the petition that the restriction quantities to the violation of the exception for grant of entry supplied in Part 27(1)(c) of the Wildlife Safety Act, 1972.
Revealed – November 15, 2024 10:03 pm IST
