वनहक्क कायदा दुरुस्ती संदर्भात राज्यपालांची अध‍िसूचना जारी

जिल्हास्तरीय समितीकडून नामंजूर वनहक्क दाव्यांसंदर्भात विभागीय समितीकडे अपील करता येणार

अधिसूचनेमुळे आदिवासी बांधवांना दिलासा

मुंबई, दि. 27 – राज्यपाल भगत सिंह कोश्यारी यांनी अनुसूचित जमाती आणि इतर पारंपरिक वननिवासी (वनहक्कांची मान्यता) अधिनियम, २००६  या कायद्यामध्ये  महाराष्ट्र राज्यातील अनुसूचित क्षेत्रासंदर्भात काही सुधारणा केल्या  आहेत.

भारतीय संव‍िधानाच्या पाचव्या अनुसूचीमधील प्राप्त अधिकारांचा वापर करुन राज्यपालांनी  दिनांक १८ मे २०२० रोजी एका अधिसूचनेव्दारे उपरोक्त कायद्याच्या कलम ६ मध्ये या सुधारणा केल्या आहेत.

वन हक्क कायद्याअंतर्गत गठित करण्यात आलेल्या जिल्हास्तरीय समितीकडून वैयक्तिक किंवा सामुदायिक वनहक्काचे दावे नामंजूर झाले आहेत अशा आदिवासी बांधवांना या अधिसूचनेमुळे समितीच्या आदेशाविरोधात दाद मागता येणार आहे. सदर अधिसूचना राज्यातील पेसा क्षेत्राकरिता लागू असेल. 

नव्या अधिसूचनेनुसार विभागीय आयुक्तांच्या अध्यक्षतेखाली विभागीय स्तरीय समित्या गठित करण्यात आल्या असून सदर समित्यांकडे  जिल्हा समितीच्या निर्णयांच्या विरोधात अपील करता येणार आहे. 

जिल्हा स्तरीय समिती कडून वैयक्तिक व सामुदायिक वनहक्कांचे दावे मोठ्या प्रमाणात नामंजूर करण्यात येत असल्याचे राज्यपालांचे निदर्शनास आले होते. मात्र जिल्हा समितीच्या निर्णयाविरुद्ध अपील करण्याची सदर कायद्यात कुठलीही तरतूद नव्हती. अधिसूचनेमुळे बाधित आदिवासींना दिलासा मिळणार आहे.

Governor issues notification for providing Appeal against Order of District Level Committee in Scheduled Area of Maharashtra

The Governor of Maharashtra Bhagat Singh Koshyari has made certain modifications in the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, in its application to Scheduled Area of the State of Maharashtra.

In a notification issued on 18th May 2020 in exercise of the powers conferred on him by Schedule V of the Constitution, the Governor has modified Section 6 of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, in its application to Scheduled Area of the State of Maharashtra. 

The notification issued is a very important notification for providing justice to the tribals whose Individual Forest Right or Community Forest Right have been rejected by the District Level Committee constituted under FRA.

This notification applies in the PESA areas in the State of Maharashtra and allows appeal provision against the decisions of the District Level Committee.

According to the modification a provision has been incorporated enabling rightful claimants of the forest rights to appeal against the Order of the District Level Committee.

The notification states that Divisional Level Committees under the chairmanship of Divisional Commissioners have been constituted to hear the appeals against the decision of the District Level Committee.

The notification specifies that, in case of order passed by District Level Committee before the commencement of the notification, the application for appeal shall be made within six months from the date of issue of notification.

As per the notification, in case of order passed by the District Level Committee after the commencement of the notification, application of appeal shall be made within a period of ninety days from the date of communication of order of the District Level Committee.

It was observed by the Governor that, a large number of applications under the above mentioned Act relating to record of rights are rejected by the District Level Committees under the said Act. However, there was no provision in the Act for appeal against the decision of District Level Committees. Therefore, for the benefit of thousands of tribal this notification was issued.

A copy of the notification is enclosed herewith. The same has been uploaded on the website of the Raj Bhavan, Maharashtra for general information.