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Every application to the District Collector for permission to alienate land under section 3 (1) (a) of the Act by the owner of the forest or any person claiming under him shall be affixed with Court fee label to the value prescribed under the Madras Court fees and Suits Valuation Act, 1955 (Madras Act XIV of 1955) all applications fro clear felling or selection felling should be made to the District Collector and the permit shall be granted by the District Collector after due enquiry in consultation with the Assistant Conservator of Forests or land the District Freest Officer. 14-A. Every application for clear felling or selection filling made to the District Collector under section 3(2) of the Madras Preservation of Private Forest Act, 1949, shall be accompanied by topo sketch of the entire forest area showing the coupes and blocks, as the case may be, the coupes and blocks proposed for felling in the year of application and the balance area that will be available for felling, etc. The application for clear- felling shall indicated also the year of planting of the previously clear felled areas and the general result of the planting. 14-B The District Forest Officer shall report the result of his inspection of a worked area, timber registered and permit account of the applicant to the District Collector before any request for permission for further work can be considered.