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Forest dept wants HC Green Bench to hear land grab case [1]

Kerala-based IPS officer’s wife accused of encroaching and illegally felling trees in Kodagu

The Forest department has requested the Advocate General to file a memo before the High Court to refer the case of encroachment of 151.03 acres of land at Kopatti village in the Patti Ghat reserve forest in Kodagu district to the Green Bench. The department has been making futile efforts for the last 19 years to the retrieve the land from the wife of an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer from Kerala. Referring the case to the Green Bench is expected to expedite the case.

Publication Date: 
03/10/2012
Asha Krishnaswamy [2]
Deccan Herald (Bangalore) [3]
Tags:
Kodagu [4], Trees [5], Deforestation [6], High Court [7], Forest Encroachments [8], Forests [9], Karnataka [10]
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