Pending cases under FCA: Shimla officials told to act

Shimla: Anupam Kashyap, deputy commissioner, Shimla, on Monday directed all the officials concerned to take appropriate action on all the pending cases under the Forest Conservation Act, 1980 so that development works could be expedited.
Chairing a meeting regarding settlement of pending cases under the Act, Kashyap said most of the cases under the Forest Conservation Act in the district were pending with the user agency.
It came to light during the meeting that a total of 32 pending cases regarding the Forest Conservation Act were pending in Shimla district – three cases related to forest division Theog, nine related to forest division Shimla Urban, eight related to Shimla Rural and 11 from the Kotgarh area.
The DC said the forest division officers played an important role in settling pending cases under the Forest Conservation Act. He also directed all the forest division officers to give presentations on pending cases related to their respective divisions in the next meeting so that the actual status of the cases could be known.
Kashyap further said the purpose of the meeting was not to complete the formalities, but to speed up the development works. Addressing the officials and consultants of the forest department and user agency, the DC directed them to soon resolve the pending cases under the Act. tnn