Supreme Court of India
State of Kerala and Ors. v. Sunil Kumar and Ors.
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What the Court ordered
In the result, both the Writ Appeal and the writ petition are A disposed of accordingly.
Judgment, page 5
From the headnote
Forest Conservation Act, 1980-Section 2-Encroachment of forest /and-State Government rejecting request of encroachers to grant them lease of encroached lands-Prior approval of Central Government for rejection of request-Requirement of-Held: Such approval was not required by the State Government as it was not an order permitting de-reservation of forests or use of forest land for non-forest purpose. The predecessor of respondent was leased an extent of land. However, they encroached upon adjacent portions of that land. Appellant-State Government decided to regularize and grant respondent lease
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