Forest Dept. recovers 110 acres in Sirsi taluk after High Court order
The vacant forest land was an expired lease area following the dismissal of a petition challenging the recovery proceedings in the High Court
The Forest Department recently recovered 110 acres of vacant forest land in Sirsi taluk of Uttara Kannada, following a High Court order in Dharwad, Karnataka. Deputy Conservator of Forests Sandip Suryavanshi announced that the land was part of a 389.07-acre lease granted to the Kamadhenu Co-operative Dairy and Fruit Processing Society Ltd., Golokatta.
The High Court dismissed the society's petition, ruling that it had no legal right to the land after the lease expired on December 1, 1989. Suryavanshi noted that the recovery process encountered resistance from local residents, including farmers cultivating seasonal crops and those growing arecanut. Despite initial opposition, officials and police managed to convince the residents, and the land is being restored through native species planting and soil conservation efforts.
The society's lease originally expired in 1989, but the society continued to occupy the land. The High Court's August 12 order validated the forest department's right to evict, stating that the society had no subsisting legal claim to the land.
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