JUDGMENT

1. Issue raised in this application is permission of mining of different land revenue number in different years while the re-number took place for diverting the land of reserved forest converting the land for the purposes of mining stone/gitti without following the procedure laid down by the Forest (Conservation) Act and guidelines issued by the MoEF&CC. It is alleged that in village Singot district Khandwa (M.P.) there are diversion of mining lease area and the forest land, it is recorded in 1985-86 as forest area and was allotted for mining lease though it is recorded as Bade Chotte Jhad Ka Jangal (forest). The contention of the Learned Counsel for the applicant is violation of the Section 2 of the Forest Act,1980 or directions and guidelines issued by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in case of T.N. Godavarman Thirumulkpad vs. Union of India in W.P. Civil No. 171/1996.

2. The matter was taken up by this Tribunal and a committee was constituted with direction to submit the factual and action taken report. The members of the committee visited the site and submitted the report that previously Khasra No. 893, 896 of village Singot was recorded in the year 1968 -69 under the head b