Declaration of Thattamparai Forest Block Bit-I in Pandalur (Previously Gudalur Taluk), The Nilgiris District as Reserved Forest under the Tamil Nadu Forest Act

What the declaration does

G.O. (Ms.) No. 214, Environment and Forests (FR.14), dated 27 August 2012, declares the land described in its schedule as Reserved Forest under the Tamil Nadu Forest Act, 1882. The Governor of Tamil Nadu made the declaration, and it takes effect from 6 June 2013.

Land covered

The Reserved Forest declaration identifies the land as follows:

• District: The Nilgiris.
• Taluk: Pandalur, previously Gudalur Taluk.
• Village: No. 3 Cherangode Village, previously No. 10.
• Forest block: Thattamparai Forest Block Bit-I.
• Area: 5.60 hectares.
• Survey details: Resurvey Numbers 247/1 and 247/2, part of old Survey Number 74/B1.

The notification identifies the affected area through both survey numbers and physical boundaries. It does not provide the names of individual landowners.

Recorded boundaries

The schedule to G.O. (Ms.) No. 214 describes the northern boundary as starting at the junction of Resurvey Numbers 242, 241 and 247/1. It then runs generally southeast along Resurvey Numbers 241, 240 and 282 until the junction of Resurvey Numbers 282, 249 and 247/2.

The southern boundary runs west along the northern sides of Resurvey Numbers 249 and 248 until the junction of Resurvey Numbers 248, 246 and 247/2. The western boundary runs generally northwest and north along Resurvey Number 246 and the eastern sides of Resurvey Numbers 244, 243 and 242, returning to the starting point.

Who should check it

The declaration is relevant to buyers, owners and professionals dealing with land in or near Resurvey Numbers 247/1 and 247/2 in Cherangode Village. They should compare the survey number and location in their property records with the area and boundaries published in the notification. Parcels outside the listed survey numbers and described boundary are not identified by the notification as part of this Reserved Forest declaration.