Santari Ram Rana and Another v. Union of India Thru. the Secy. Ministry of Tribal Affairs New Delhi and 5 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Community forest rights; Scheduled Tribe and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006; Forest Rights Rules, 2007 (amended 2012); District Level Committee, District Lakhimpur Kheri; State Level Monitoring Committee; certiorari and mandamus under Article 226; quashing of order dated 15.03.2021; fresh hearing and reasoned order; interim vesting of existing rights of forest dwelling Scheduled Tribes; follows/applies Udasa and others vs. Union of India and others, Writ-C No.1898 of 2026 (order dated April 9, 2026); Allahabad High Court Lucknow Bench; disposed of on April 23, 2026.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of: impugned order dated 15.03.2021 of the District Level Committee quashed and set aside; authorities to grant hearing and pass a reasoned order in accordance with law with liberty to requisition records; forest dwellers vested with existing rights under the Act until the District Level Committee decides; State Level Monitoring Committee directed to perform its statutory functions under the Act and Rules.