(a) In the case of private forests in the State permission to cut the trees specified in column (1) of the Table below shall be granted only if the minimum girth at breast height is not less than the limits specified in the corresponding entries in column (2) thereof.
THE TABLE Trees Girth of breast height
(1) Casuarina 60 centimetre
(2) Eucalyptus 60 centimetre
(3) Wattle 60 centimetre
(4) Silveroak 80 centiimetre
(5) Pines
(6) Other trees not mentioned in Schedule I 70 centimetre
(b) The boundaries of the area containing the marked trees permitted to be felled, shall be defined and demarcated clearly on ground.
(c) Holders of selection felling permits shall maintain a register showing the particulars of the trees felled viz., serial number, species, girth at breast height, date of felling, details of timber extracted from each tree, date of transport of the felled produce and remarks, if any. The register shall be liable for inspection by any Forest or Revenue Officer at any time and a copy of it shall be furnished to such authority as the District Collector may, prescribe I the permit, after the completion of the operation in the forest.
(d) The timber or logs, extracted shall bear at one of the end surfaces serial number of the tree from which it was obtained and the sequence of log in the tree denoted by letter A.B.C, etc.
(e) Selection felling should be limited to not more than seven trees per hectare of minimum girth specified in Schedule I to these rules and second felling should not be permitted in the same area within 15 years.
(2) Every permission ranted under sub-rule (1) shall be subject to the following conditions.
(a) The serial number of the tree felled shall be marked in a conspicuous manner on the stump.
(b) Not more than two thirds of the number of calms in a clump shall be cut.
(c) No culms less than two years old shall be cut.
(d) No culm shall be uprooted, but shall be cut at a height not exceeding twenty-two centimeters from the ground level.
(e) Every coupe in which reeds have been cut in any year shall be demarcated at four prominent corners with coupe of once showing the year of felling and the area felled.
(f) The permission shall be valid only for the period specified therein; the period shall not exceed one year;
Provided that none of the conditions mentioned above shall apply to permission granted for the cutting of reeds for the purpose of bonafide cultivation of food crops or plantation crops. Only such forests as 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-
(1) that there will be no denudation of the forest if the permission is granted and
(2) that the area sought to be cleared has been inspected by the Forest Ranger 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.
9(1) Permission for the cutting trees under the Selection method below the girth specified in rule 8 (1) (a) and for the use as telegraph or electric transmission poles, shall be granted only in respect of the species of trees specified in Schedule II to these rules provided that the owner of the forest or any person deriving authority from him holds a Contract for the supply of poles to any department of the Government of India or of the Government of Tamil Nadu or to licensee authorized to distribute electric energy in the province
(2) Every such permission shall be subject to the following conditions:-
(a) Only straight poles in accordance with the specifications furnished by the Government Department or licensee referenced to in sub-rule (1) shall be felled.
(b) The felling shall be effected at a height not exceeding 0.15 metre from the ground, if the girth of the tree at breast height is below 0.91 metre and the bank shall be left intact on the stump but shall be cut smooth and clean and adhering to the stump all round
10. Permission for the cutting of tree under the selection method below the girth specified in the rule 8 (1)
(a) and (b) for the as masts of country crafts shall be granted and only in respect of Poon (Calophyllum elatum) and Puli (Pallikulium ellpticum).