1. In this regular second appeal, plaintiffs-private persons and defendants-government are asserting their right, title and interest in and over the Shahpur Kandi forests which is an important gift of nature and is a natural resource in the shape of green blanket which not only produces innumerable material goods, but also provides environmental services which are essential for life. Birth and growth of human civilization and culture is very intimately connected with forests. Intimacy with forests has always been a refreshing and invigorating for human life. Materialism, greed and over exploitation of forests have created a disharmony and imbalance in our ecology and environment. This evil is being intensely realized now. Human consumerism has created such a great pressure on the forests that these have almost disappeared in many areas resulting in soil erosion, floods and barrenness, pollution, climatic changes, drought and destruction of the fragile eco-system. The civil suit out of which this second appeal arises is a classic case of greed of the plaintiffs to usurp the natural resources. The destruction of forests at the hands of either party is bound to have