Section 17: Appeal from order passed under Section 11, Section 12, Section 15 or Section 16
The Rajasthan Forest Act, 1953State Act of Rajasthan · Act 13 of 1953
Any person who has made a claim under this Act, or any Forest Officer or other person generally or specially empowered by the 1 [State Government] in this behalf may, within three months from the date of the order passed on such claim by the Forest Settlement Officer under Section 11, Section 12, Section 15, or Section 16 present an appeal from such order to such Officer of the Revenue Department of rank not lower than that of a Collector, as the 1 [State Government] may, by notification in the 1 [Official Gazette] appoint to hear appeals from such orders:
Provided that the 1 [State Government] may establish a Court hereinafter called the Forest Court composed of three persons to be appointed by the 1 [State Government] and, when the Forest Court has been established, all such appeals shall be presented to it.