Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(I)·After completion of the inquiry under section 23, see1- the Forest Settlement-officer shall, by an order in writing. cation and (a) record the nature of the rights existing at the time of 2; the notification under section 20, and rights. (b) direct the modification or extinction of any such right, other than a right of ownership, in the interests of the conservation of the forest. ' (2) When the Forest Settlement-officer directs under clause (b) of ,sub-section (1) the modification or extinction of any right, he shall, unless the person whose rights are affected has· come to an agreement as to the amount of compensation payable to him, determine what compensation shall be awarded to such person, and the amount of any compensation payable under this sci-section to any such per-son shall be paid in the prescribed manner, in the case where the forest to which such right relates is a controlled forest, by the owner of such forest, and in the case where such forest is a vested forest, by the Regional Forest-officer in whom the control of such forest is vested under this Act and every payment so made 1y the Regional Forest-officer shall be recouped from the profits of the vested forest to which such right relates as part of the cost of management of such forest. 26, (1) An appeal may be presented against any order Appeals. · made under section 25 within ninety days from the elate of such order to the Commissioner of the Division by an owner of a forest or by a Regional Forest-officer or by any person who has given particulars of his claims under sub-section (1) of section 22. (2) Every such appeal shall be made by a petition: in writing and shall be heard in accordance with the procedure for the til!J.e being applicable to the hearing of appeals in matters relating to land-revenue. · (3) The order of the Commissioner on such appeal shall, subject to the provisions of sub-section (4), b.e .final. (4) An application for revision shail lie to the Board of Revem.1e from an order of the. Commissioner passed in appeal under this section if it is presented within thirty days from the elate of such order. · ,