Maharastra Land Revenue ( Regulation of Right to trees etc.) ( Amendment) Rules 2017

 Maharashtra Land Revenue (Regulation of Right to Trees etc.) (Amendment) Rules, 2017 

NOTIFICATION

Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966.

No. MIS-10/041/C.R.243/Kh.- In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (vi) and (xii) of sub-section (2) of section 328 of the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966, (Mah.XLI of 1966), and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, the Government of Maharashtra hereby pleased to make the following rules further to amend the Maharashtra Land Revenue (Regulation of Right to Trees etc.) Rules, 1967, the same having been previously published as required by sub-section (1) of section 329 of the said Code, namely:-

1.  These rules may be called the Maharashtra Land Revenue (Regulation of Right to Trees etc.) (Amendment) Rules, 2017.

2. In the rule 2 of the Maharashtra Land Revenue (Regulation of Right to Trees etc.) Rules, 1967 (hereinafter referred to as “the principal Rules”),-

(a) in sub-rule (1), for the word “Collector” the words “Tree officer” shall be substituted;

(b) in sub-rule (2), for the word “Collector” the words “Tree officer” shall be substituted;

(c) in sub-rule (3), for the word “Collector” the words “Tree officer” shall be substituted;

(d) after Explanation 2, the following Explanation shall be inserted, namely:-

“Explanation 3.- For the purpose of this rule and rule 3, “Tree Officer” means a Forest Officer not below the rank of a ‘Range Forest Officer’ as defined under clause (ff) of section 2 of the Maharashtra Felling of Trees (Regulation) Act, 1964 (Mah.XXIV of 1964), and the forest officer means a Forest Officer as defined in the Indian Forest Act, 1927 (16 of 1927), in its application to the State of Maharashtra.”

3\. In rule 3 of the principal Rules, for the word “Collector” the words “Tree officer” shall be substituted.

By order and in the name of the Governor of Maharashtra,

 

The Maharashtra Land Revenue (Regulation of Right to Trees etc.) (Amendment) Rules, 2017, dated 01.08.2017, provide for the appointment and definition of Tree Officers and amendments to the relevant provisions of the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966.