conduct appropriate enquiries to ascertain the extent of land covered by the respective documents of title of the properties as well as with respect to the rights claimed by the company and to pass appropriate orders, after affording opportunity to both sides. Till such decision, it was directed, to maintain status quo with respect to the land in question. Pursuant to the directions contained in Ext.P10 judgment the properties were surveyed and demarcated with the assistance of the Taluk Surveyor, and the District Collector had issued Ext.P11 proceedings on 27.04.2007. In Ext.P11 it is specifically stated that the Taluk Surveyor had demarcated the properties covered by the two 'pattas' in LA Nos.166/72 and 234/68. However it was noticed that the Forest Range Officer having jurisdiction in the area had made a remark to the effect that, the property covered by the sketch prepared by the Taluk Surveyor will come within a part of the Eucalyptus plantations, Suryanelli, which is of the year 1999 and which is handed over to the 7th respondent company by the Forest Department. The District Collector found that, as per the relevant Government Order, 5600 Hectors of plantations of Eucalyptus belonging to the Forest Department was made available to the 7th respondent company for captive plantations, in the year 1993. Therefore, the remarks noted by the Forest Range Officer had no relevance with respect to the land covered. Therefore, the District Collector ordered that the
