ORDER :

1. The present writ petition has been filed for issuance of direction upon the respondent authorities to revise the map and to publish a notification under Section 47 of the Bihar Private Forests Act, 1947 (hereinafter referred to as “the Act 1947”) in terms with order dated 21.08.1949 passed by the then Forest Settlement Officer, Chatra, District Hazaribagh under Section 23 of the Act, 1947 in Case No. 113/73 of 1949-50 for release of 30 acres of land appertaining to Plot Nos. 139 and 145 of village Bhaipur, Thana No. 119, P.S. Chatra, District-Hazaribagh (now Chatra) (hereinafter referred to as “the said land”) from the limits of the private protected forests and also in pursuance of the letter as contained in memo no. 636 dated 11.02.1985 issued by the Special Secretary, Department of Forest and Environment, Government of Bihar to the Chief Conservator of Forest, the erstwhile State of Bihar at Ranchi conveying that his recommendation made vide letter no. 5417 dated 26.07.1984 for release of the said land from the limits of the private protected forests was approved by the State Government.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the said land was recorded in t