beyond the control of the applicants/petitioners herein, extension for a period of two years can be granted by the State Government and for one year by the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests. While making this Court peruse clause-8 of the office order as detailed herein above, Mr. Thakur, vehemently argued that prayer for extension of time, made in terms of afore clause contained in the Office Order dated 10.9.2002 (Annexure P-1) if allowed, would not amount to deviation, especially when there is ample material adduced on record to suggest that immediately after opening of the area concerned, petitioners herein had applied for demarcation through their Special Power of Attorney to DFO concerned. While making this court peruse various documents adduced on record, Mr. Thakur, further argued that Divisional Forest Officer of the area concerned after having inspected the area itself wrote to the revenue authorities for demarcation, but yet for one reason or the other demarcation could not be conducted during the felling year and as such, petitioner had no option, but to approach the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests to grant him extension of time in terms of clause 8 of the afore order. While making this court peruse order dated 30.10.2019, passed by the Hon’ble Apex Court in IA No. 2370, Mr. Thakur attempted to argue that same cannot be made applicable to the case of the petitioner because in afore order, it has been held that no deviation from the Ten Year Felling Program fixed by the Forest
