(a) Burning of charcoal will not be permitted within a radius of one mile from the boundary of any reserve forest. Burning will not also be allowed in the forest area of the estate where the felling is done.
Burning will be allowed only outside the forest area of the estate.
(b) Permission for converting wood and charcoal for running the engine in estate factory will be subject to the other conditions specified under rules 7, and 8, as the case may be.
(c) Any felled material should be stacked at the felling site and shall be removed only after inspection by a Forest Officer not, below the rank of a Forester or by a Revenue Official not below the rank of Deputy Tahsildar and after getting a Transport permit under T.T.Rules.
(d) Necessary permission should be obtained for felling of trees and preparation of charcoal from the Collector of the District. The application for permission should specify the following, namely:-
(i) the industrial purpose for which charcoal is required;
(ii) the need for charcoal;
(iii) the quantity required The application should be sent to the Collector of the District through the District Forest Officer.
(e) Every application for burning charcoal should be affixed with court-fee stamp of Rs.10 (rupees ten only) which will not be refunded on any account.
(f) On receipt of order of the Collector granting permission to burn charcoal the applicant should furnish a Security Deposit of Rs.300 (Three hundred only) to the District Forest Officer concerned.
(g) The Security Deposit or the balance thereof if any deductions have been made for infringement of the rule, shall be refundable to the applicant after completion of work on production of an order from the District Forest Officer releasing the applicant from all liabilities in this regard.
(h) The decision of the Collector of the District whether to grant permission for converting wood into charcoal or not shall be final.
12. On receipt of an application under rule 5, the District Collector shall eliminate from the list furnished by the applicant in his application such of the trees are below the minimum girth prescribed in Schedule I to these rules and shall not permit the felling of such trees.
13. Every application to the District Collector for permission to alienate land under section 3 (1) (a) of the Act by the owner of the forest or any person claiming under him shall be affixed with Court fee label to the value prescribed under the Madras Court fees and Suits Valuation Act, 1955 (Madras Act XIV of 1955) all applications fro clear felling or selection felling should be made to the District Collector and the permit shall be granted by the District Collector after due enquiry in consultation with the Assistant Conservator of Forests or land the District Freest Officer.
14-A. Every application for clear felling or selection filling made to the District Collector under section 3(2) of the Madras Preservation of Private Forest Act, 1949, shall be accompanied by topo sketch of the entire forest area showing the coupes and blocks, as the case may be, the coupes and blocks proposed for felling in the year of application and the balance area that will be available for felling, etc. The application for clearfelling shall indicated also the year of planting of the previously clear felled areas and the general result of the planting.
14-B The District Forest Officer shall report the result of his inspection of a worked area, timber registered and permit account of the applicant to the District Collector before any request for permission for further work can be considered.
15. If the District Collector has reason to believe that any person to whom permission for felling of trees, for burning charcoal and or cutting or reeds under the Madras Preservation of Private Forests Act, 1946, has been granted, has in his application furnished particulars which are materially incorrect or has contravened any provision of these rules of the conditions under which the permission was granted the District Collector shall have power to cancel such permission immediately or modify the same subject to forfeiture of the Security Deposit in full or part as he may deem fit.
16. All Forest Officers and all Revenue Officers not below the rank of Revenue Inspector shall have power to enter any forest for the purpose of inspection or securing compliance with these rules THE TABLE