Dear Readers, Government of India had directed Government of Maharashtra to start inquiries in two reports appeared on CIM viz: Serious violation of FC Act by Maharashtra State Forest Department in Tiger Reserve of Pench & Tadoba, Nagpur & Chandrapur vide its letter no. 6-2/2005 (FCW)/3663 dated 30-8-2011 Serious violation of FC Act by Maharashtra ...
Before we start understanding the actual story, let us understand that even forest department requires permission under FC Act 1980 for using forest land for non-forestry purpose such as construction of office building , rest houses and residential building. Generally, when Principal Chief Conservator of Forests wants to save his right hand men involved in ...
In a very great embarrassment to State Forest Minister, Pantangrao Kadam recently, the senior Forest officers of the Maharashtra Government had got Foundation stone ceremony of Forest Administrative complex and rest houses in Pune, done by the Forest Minister, on a plot reserved for Crematorium, burial ground, high school & Play ground situated in S.No. ...
In 2007, both Pench and TATR, were declared as CRITICAL TIGER HABITAT OR CORE, with special emphasis on the conservation and breeding of tigers. These CORE areas were supposed to be kept ‘ INVIOLATE’ meaning free of disturbances. In the TIGER PROJECTS hence the policy is to relocate the villages outside the CORE areas. In a series of ...
In a blatant violation of provisions of : Forest Conservation Act, 1980 NTCA (National Tiger Conservation Authority) guidelines (WLP Act 1972), Maharashtra Treasury Rules, 1968, Bombay Forest Manual & various Government resolutions, Chief Wildlife Warden’s standing instructions Nand Kishore IFS the then CCF Wild Life Nagpur, S.H. Patil, IFS the then Director , Tadoba National ...
Some forest officers are trying to stall the information asked under RTI. They are adopting the same mechanism , which was adopted by office of the PCCF. They are denying information by informing the requisitioner of the information that “information does not pertain to his desk”. As per provisions of RTI Act, they are not ...
Readers, this is a case of how criminally very expensive reserved forest land, around 6 acres in Lonavala, Pune (Heart of the Lonawala town) was grabbed for three star Resort. The land is approx valued to be around Rs 40 crores as on date (Village Pangloli, , Tal: Maval, Dist Pune) grabbed in guise of ...
In a bizarre incident of shielding corruption and not initiating disciplinary action against prima face guilty senior forest officers of Maharashtra cadre as per provisions of GR no. GAD 1608/CR 47/08/11A dated 1-11-2008 , the office of the Head of the Forest force, Maharashtra state , Nagpur has admitted knowing the stories of corruptions with ...
For direct recruitment of 59 Forest guards, 18 clerks & 2 drivers, Collector Pune vide his letter no. 2266/two dated 17-8-2009 addressed to Conservator of Forests, Pune Division, had approved to publish advertisement calling applications for aspirants for the said posts. In addition to this, recruitment was also to be done for 8 peons. Accordingly, ...
At the very outset let us congratulate all those IFS officers, who got promoted to various posts recently. It is a celebration time for IFS cadre when at fag end of their career, they could get, what others have got many many years ago in other State cadres. A big so called thanks to your ...