1. (a) Felling and removal of any tree growth within 20.12 metre of either bank of any stream is prohibited.
(b) All trees except casuarinas shall be felled at a height not exceeding 0.15 metre from the ground the bark being left intact on the stump and adhering to it all round the stump without being torn off or otherwise damaged. In the case of casuarinas trees, the removal of the stump and root will also be permitted.
1 .(c) Every coupe in which trees have been felled in any year shall be demarcated at four prominent corners with coupe stones showing the year of felling and the area felled.
(2) (d) Every coupe in which trees have been felled in any year, shall be planted up by the permit holder within that year and unless this done, the permit holder shall not be granted permission to fell the remaining coupes.
(e) The felled area shall be closed to grazing for a period of five years after felling.
(f) The permission will be valid only for the period specified therein which shall not exceed one year.
(g) The maximum extent of the area for which permission shall be granted for clear felling in forests at any one time for planting rubber or fuel species or timbre or with coffee or tea or other plantation crops shall be twenty hectares.
A Security Deposit of a sum not exceeding Rs.125 per hectare of land to be cleared shall be collected from the applicant before the felling is allowed. Regeneration of the felled are will be done by the Forest Department at the cost of the permit holder in the event of the permit holder failing to plant the clear felled area to the satisfaction of the Collector within the time felled area to the satisfaction of the Collector within the time limit stipulated in the permit. If the Security Deposit is insufficient for regeneration by the Forest Department, the excess amount required will be recovered from the permit holder. If the Security Deposit is found to be in excess of amount spent by the Forest Department for regeneration the excess amount will be refunded to the permit holder three years after the completion of the regeneration by the Forest Department.
In case, where the area has been planted within the time after clear felling to the satisfaction of the Collector, the Security Deposit shall be refunded three years after the completion of the planting:
1. G.O.Ms.No.796, Agriculture, dated 19th March 1955.
2. G.O.Ms.No.2060, Agriculture, dated 23rd August 1955.
Provided that none of the conditions mentioned above except conditions (a) (f) and (g) shall apply to permission granted for the felling of trees for purposes of bonafide cultivation of food crops or plantation crops. If for reasons which are considered bonafide by the Collector, the cleared area could not be brought under cultivation or plantation within a period of one year from the date of the permit, the Collector may grant extension of time
Provided further that in the matter of clearing of forest even for bonafide cultivation of food crops or plantation crops only such forests as are not really covered by any thick growth shall be permitted to be cleared and the District Collector shall satisfy himself before such permission is granted that::-
(1) there will be no denudation of the forest if the permission is granted, and
(2) the area sought to be cleared has been inspected by the District Forest Officer or a Gazetted Assistant having jurisdiction over the area in which the forest is situated, if any, or by the Tahsildar or Deputy Tahsildar having jurisdiction over such area.
(3) clear felling should be confine d to foot hills and easy slopes leaving the top hill of any hillock to selection felling or no working at all.