Ministry Tribal Affairs to Hold Meeting With States to Ensure Effective Implementation of Supreme Court Directions In The Case Of STS And OTFDS Under FRA 2006
In a recent press release as on 1st of March 2018, It has been said that The Ministry of Tribal Affairs to old meeting with States on 6th March, 2019 to ensure effective implementation of Supreme Court directions in the Case of STS and OTFDS under FRA 2006.
The present stuff is relating to the eviction of Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (OTFDs) whose entitlements for forest land rights have been rejected under FRA 2006, had come up for hearing in the Supreme Court on 28th February, 2019 where Shri Tushar Mehta, the Solicitor General represented the Ministry of Tribal Affairs besides counsels of several States.
The Hon’ble Supreme Court of India issued the following directions namely:
- The Order dated 13th February, 2019 was stayed as regards evictions to be carried out. However, the order relating to the satellite survey to be carried out by the Forest Survey of India (FSI) to place on record the encroachment position was retained at the request of the counsel for Wildlife Trust of India.
- The Court directed that the State Governments should file detailed affidavits by 10th July, 2019, giving information regarding constitution of office Review Committees, details regarding the procedure having been followed on the claim applications under the Act as well as the appeals filed against the rejection cases.
- The Court also required information to be filed as to the procedure which is to be followed after finally arriving at the rejection cases in each of the States.
In pursuance of the directions passed by the Apex Court the Ministry of Tribal Affairs is holding a meeting with State Governments on 6th of March, 2019 to ensure the effective implementation of the directions of the Hon’ble Supreme Court.
