1. In this writ petition, under Art.226 of the Constitution, the petitioners allege that they are owners and in occupation, as jotedars, of certain lands situate in the villages of Charilam and Chasrimai and that a large number of trees of various varieties are standing on those lands. It is complained that though the Government has no claim or right to those trees, yet the forest officials at Charilam object to the petitioners' felling the trees and utilizing them for their personal requirements. The forest officials, it is alleged further, demand royalty from the petitioners respecting those trees and threaten them with dire consequences in case the trees are felled and removed without transit pass secured from them or without payment of royalty. Aggrieved by such illegal demands made by the local forest officials, it is sta