[2025:RJ-JP:21739] HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 7998/2025 Atmaram S/o Bheru Ram, Aged About 57 Years, R/o Ward No. 5, Tehsil Khandela, Kotri Luharwas, P.o. Kotri, Sikar, Rajasthan. ----Petitioner Versus 1. State Of Rajasthan, Through Its Principal Secretary, Forest Department, Secretariat, Jaipur, Rajasthan. 2. Forester, Naka Khandela, Sikar, Rajasthan. ----Respondents For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Devendra Kumar Chahuan For Respondent(s) : JUSTICE ANOOP KUMAR DHAND Order 23/05/2025 1. By way of filing this writ petition, a challenge has been led to the impugned notice dated 30.03.2025, issued by the Department of Forest to the petitioner under Section 66 of the Rajasthan Forest Act, 1953 (for short, ‘the Act of 1953’). 2. Counsel for the petitioner submits that it has been alleged in the aforesaid notice that the petitioner encroached upon the forest land rather the land in question does not fall in the forest land. Counsel submits that without mentioning the Khasra number of the same, the notice has been issued to the petitioner, hence interference of this Court is warranted. 3. Heard and considered the submissions made at Bar and perused the material available on record. 4. Perusal of the record indicates that a notice under Section 66 of the Act of 1953 has been served upon the petitioner wherein it [2025:RJ-JP:21739] (2 of 2) [CW-7998/2025] has been alleged that the petitioner has encroached upon the forest land. If the petitioner is legal occupant of the land in dispute, he is at liberty to approach the authorities concerned by way of filing a reply to the aforesaid notice. In case, any such reply is submitted by the petitioner, it is expected from the authorities concerned to consider and decide the same by passing a reasoned and speaking order before proceeding further in the matter. 5. The present writ petition stands disposed of, accordingly. 6. Stay application and all pending application(s), if any, also stand disposed of. 7. It goes without saying that if any adverse order has been passed, the petitioner would be at liberty to assail the same before the appropriate forum of law. (ANOOP KUMAR DHAND),J Ashu/25