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Every application for permission under rule 5 or rule 6 shall be affixed with a Court-fee label of ten rupees which shall not be refunded even if the application is rejected by the Committee. 8 (i) The Committee shall, before granting permission under Section 3(1) require a Forest Officer not below the rank of Range Officer to inspect the tree concerned and to make a report to the Committee on the application in Form III. (ii) The Committee shall before granting permission under section 4(2) or 4(30, require the State Silvi-culturist, the Assistant Agricultural Engineer or the District Forest Officer to inspect the land concerned and make report to the Committee on the application in Form IV. (iii) The Committee shall thereafter either accord permission under section 3(1) or 4 (2) or 4(3) as the case may be, subject to such conditions as he may think fit or refused to grant the permission applied for after recording his reasons therefore. In cases where permission is granted, the Committee shall communicate a copy of his order to the Officer authorized by aim to enforce the conditions (subject to which the permission is accorded). 9(1) In case where permission is granted by the Committee to cut a tree on the ground that it has silviculturally matured the Committee shall besides requiring the person to whom the permission is granted to make the deposit referred to in the second proviso to section 3(1) imposed as a condition. (i) that the felled area shall be regenerated with an equal number of trees of the same species or those of other suitable species, if the regeneration is proposed to be done artificially; (ii) if the regeneration is proposed to be done naturally from coppice:- (a) that the trees shall be felled at a height not exceeding six inches from ground; the bark being left in tact on the stump and adhering to it all round the stump without being torn off or otherwise damaged, and (b) the felled area shall be devoted only for raising a tree crop and the tree crop raised on it either naturally or artificially shall be adequately protected against fire, grazing and trampling by cattle (2) The person to whom permission is granted shall deposit with the Committee as security, a sum of Rs.1,000(Rupees one thousand only) pr hectare or Rs.100 (rupee one hundred only) for each tree proposed to be felled whichever is less for the successful regeneration of trees. (3) Regeneration of the felled area will be done by the Forest Department at the cost of the permit holder in the event of his failure to regenerate the area with a tree crop the satisfaction of the security deposit is insufficient for regeneration by the Forest Department, the excess amount required will be recovered from the permit holder. If the security deposit is found to be in excess of the amount spent by the Forest Department for regeneration the excess amount will be refunded to the permit holder three years after the completion of the regeneration by the Forest Department. (4) The deposit shall be refunded to the person to whom the permission was granted after the expiry of three years from the date of felling of the original tree growth if the Committee is satisfied that the regeneration has been successfully undertaken by the owner. Explanation - For the purposes of the above rule- (i) "field crops" shall mean crops of short duration mostly less than a year raised in cultivated fields. This will also include plantation crops like tea, coffee, cardamom and plantations whose management involves working of the intervening soil at intervals. (ii) "Tree crops" shall mean crops of trees which are grown for long duration and which do not require frequent working of the soil for their develo0pment except at the initial stages of raising; and (iii) "cattle" shall mean and include elephants, camels, buffaloes, bulls, bullocks, cows, heifers, calves, horses, mares, ponies colts fillies, mules, asses, deer, pigs, elves, sheep, lambs, goats and kids.