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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT

JODHPUR

D.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 13268/2025

1. Mukand Singh Bhati S/o Abhay Singhji, Aged About 31

Years, Resident Of Village Baiya, Tehsil Fatehgarh, District

Jaisalmer (Raj.).

2. Jujhar Singh S/o Bhim Singh, Aged About 42 Years,

Resident Of Village Baiya, Tehsil Fatehgarh, District

Jaisalmer (Raj.).

----Petitioners

Versus

1. State Of Rajasthan, Through Secretary Revenue

Department, Secretariat Jaipur.

2. Deputy Secretary, Revenue (Group-3) Revenue

Department State Of Rajasthan, Secretariat Jaipur.

3. District Collector, Jaisalmer (Raj.).

4. Sub-Divisional Officer, Fatehgarh, District Jaisalmer (Raj)

5. Tehsildar Fatehgarh, Tehsil Fatehgarh, District Jaisalmer

(Raj).

6. M/s Adani Solar Energy Barmer One Private Limited

(Asebipl), Through Its Authorized Officer, Adani Corporate

House, Shantigram, Near Vaishnodevi Circle, Sg Highway,

Khodiyar, Ahmedabad (Guj).

7. M/s Adani Solar Energy Barmer One Private Limited

(Asebipl), Through Its Authorized Officer, Registered

Office C-105, Anand Niketan, New Delhi-110021.

8. Rajasthan Renewable Energy Corporation Ltd., E-166,

Yudhisthir Marg, C Scheme, Jaipur Through Its Managing

Director.

9. Project Director, Rajasthan Renewable Energy Corporation

Ltd. Jaisalmer (Raj).

10. Deputy Conservator Of Forest, Forest Department

Jodhpur Division, Jodhpur (Raj).

11. Deputy Conservator Of Forest Wildlife, Forest Department

Jaisalmer (Raj).

----Respondents

For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Param Veer Singh Champawat

For Respondent(s) : Dr. Sachin Acharya, Sr. Adv. (through

VC) assisted by Mr. Jitendra Mohan

Choudhary

Mr. N.S. Rajpurohit, AAG assisted by

Ms. Aditi Sharma

Ms. Kanchan Jodha

Mr. Harshvardhan Singh for

Mr. Mahaveer Bishnoi, AAG

Mr. Karan Parihar

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HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE PUSHPENDRA SINGH BHATI

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP SHAH

Order

23/04/2026

1. The land record produced by the petitioners indicates that

Khasra No.386, at the relevant point of time, was recorded as

Oran Land. The photographs annexed with the petition also depict

a considerable green cover over the said land.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that a part of the

land in question is, in fact, Rohidalaray Mandir Oran Land, where

trees of Khejri, Jal, Baire, Rohida, Dhaman and Sevan, etc., are

existing. Learned counsel further submits that even after change

in the land record, it was the duty of the State to point out as to

where the Oran Land presently exists, repeatedly indicated in the

old records, as according to him, the same forms part of the

Rohidalaray Mandir Oran Land. Learned counsel draws support

from the Jamabandi of Samvat Year 2030–34, which is on record,

and the Khasra Girdawari, annexed as Annexure-3 to the petition.

Learned counsel further submits that the Oran Land also contains

Maa Dedhsar Pond, which is also reflected in the photographs of

Village Baiya.

3. Learned counsel further submits that in accordance with the

judgment rendered in T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpad v. Union

Of India & Ors., 2024 INSC 997, decided on 26.09.2005, the

directions issued in paragraph nos.53 to 57 are binding upon the

State. The said paragraphs read as follows:-

“53. Pursuant to the orders of this Court, the State of

Rajasthan has initiated the process of identifying and notifying

sacred groves as forests through district-wise notifications.

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While this development is commendable, it is important to

highlight the significant delay in commencing this critical

process. Sacred groves of Rajasthan, which hold immense

ecological value and are deeply revered in local cultures,

urgently require formal recognition and protection to

safeguard their preservation. The applicant in the present case

has given a list identifying 100 sacred groves in the State of

Rajasthan. The list provided by the applicant is extracted

below:-

S. Name S. Name

No. No