The Odisha

G a z e t t e

EXTRAORDINARY

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 881 CUTTACK, SATURDAY APRIL 6, 2024/ CHAITRA 17, 1946

FOREST, ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE DEPARTMENT

NOTIFICATION

The 14th March 2024

S.R.O. No. 275/2024—Whereas, Forest Block Kotakaru PRF under Section 4 of the Odisha

Forest Act,1972, has been notified by Government of Odisha, Revenue Department Notification

S. R. O. No. 1101/80, dated the 6th December 1980 indicating an area of 50.00 Ac. in Lamtaput

Forest Range of Koraput Forest Division as per Annexure-I;

And whereas, the Government of Odisha in the Forest & Environment Department have notified

a "Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for geo-referencing of Forest Block boundary through

DGPS Survey'' in the Odisha Gazette vide Notification No.22572400112016-10F(Cons.)-77/2016-

14097-F&E, dated the 4th July 2017, for preparation of such geo-referenced forest maps in pursuance

of the directives of Hon'ble Supreme Court in their order dated the 6th July 2011 [in IA Nos. 1868,

2091, 2225-2227, 2380, 2568 and 2937 in Writ Petition (C) No. 202 of 1995-Lafarge matter];

And whereas, the Government of Odisha have appointed all Tehsildars in their respective

Tehsil jurisdiction in the respective Districts as Forest Settlement Officer (FSO) vide Notification

No. 7767-10F(TR)-38/2020-F&E, dated the 21st May 2020;

And whereas, the Forest Revenue Joint Verification Committee has jointly verified and confirmed

the boundary pillar positions as per report in Annexure-II;

And whereas, the Forest Settlement Officer has certified 'No Change' in the boundary extent

of Kotakaru PRF post 25th October 1980.The DGPS survey boundary co-ordinates have been

verified by ORSAC and certified by the Forest Settlement Officer. The computed area (UTM Zone

44N projection and WGS 84 datum) of the Kotakaru PRF is 21.106 ha or 52.15 Ac. The change in

area is due to method of Survey & Area Computation.

Therefore, it has been decided to supplement the existing notification of the Kotakaru PRF

with the above- mentioned FSO certified DGPS surveyed Forest Block map as per Annexure-III and

the statement of geo-co-ordinates of the Forest Block boundary pillar positions as per Annexure-IV, which

FOREST REVENUE JOINT VERIFICATION COMMITTEE REPORT

Forest Division: Koraput

Minutes of Joint Verification:

Forest Range: Semiliguda

Annexure-11

List of participation of the Forest-Revenue joint verification committee is given

at Table l.

VerificatJointion of the boundary of Kotakaru PRF Forest Block was carried out

during to . Existing pillar position recorded through GPS were plotted and

compared against geo-referenced cadastral maps of adjoining villages. The

verified forest boundary map is enclosed at Plate-1. Findings of the verification

w.r.t. revenue cadastral is given below:

• Name of notified forest block: Kotakaru PRF

• Notification no. & date: SRO.No-1101/80 Dt. 06-12-1980

• Area as per notification: 50.00 Ac.

• Existing no. of boundary demarcations in conformity with adjoining village

boundary: Not Available

• New boundary demarcations in conformity with adjoining village boundary:

13 nos. (Annexure -2)

• GPS area of verified boundary: 20.986 ha

• GPS perimeter of verified boundary: l.935 km

Observations:

Notification with detailed boundary description and Traverse map with Chainage &

Bearing is enclosed at Appendix-1 & Appendix-2 The verified boundary area

matches with the Notified Area (Diff is 0.751 ha, i.e. 3.711 %). Forest boundary

demarcation Pillars in Conformity with Cadastral Map & HRS!. Change area is due

to method of Survey and Area computation.

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FSO Certified DGPS Surveyed Forest Block Map

Annexure-lH

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Kolakaru P.R.F.

Maliput

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82°44'15"

KOTAKARU P.R.F.

Forest Division : KORAPUT, Forest Range : SEMILIGUOA

C-.ec-refe;ence-:t Forest Slock Mop bo.o;ed o̓ OGPS Slfl'Vey

Legend:-

Forest Boundary Pll!ar I Virtual Pi!!ar• • ■/ ◄:.>

Rer!ge Boundary.•

FPCP on Forest Boundary • • • • • • • • A.

Raflway . . . . . . ρ

Forest Block Boundar1 , • , , • • • • • • ς Major Road •• , , em.-m/-,H-/cc""'

Revenue VIiiage Boundary· • • • • • • • ,r _ .. : j'

Olher Road • • • • • -·-

Settlement • • • • • • • ·• • • • • • • • • ,

River I Stream i WB· ·στ<:υ I :::-- I c

Statement of Geo-coordinates of Pill;r Pos·ition {UTM Zone:44N1 WGS 84 Datum)

f<o:rJput forest Dhtlφicnχ Sem!ffgN:fo R.J.nilt'

Plllar No.

latitude

Longitude

1 (FPCP) 18' 37' 17.957136" 82' 43' 53.164164"

18' 37' 19.823664" 82" 43' 56.062056"

3 (V}

18' 37' 19.878454" 82" 43' 59.905270"

1a· 37' t9.074&12" s2· 44' 2.377824"

5 (VI

1s• 37' 17.078233" 82" 44' 2.529981"

18' 37' 12.574272" 82' 44' D.524436"

18" 37' 7.293504" 82' 44' 4.974900"

!8" 37' 4.067076" 82" 44' 5.338428"

18" 37' 0.424812" 82" 44' 2.679504"

18' 36' 56.049948" 82' 43' 57.700380"

1a· 36' 56.513196'' s2· 43' ss.554644"

13• 37' 0.282828" 82' 43' 53.759496"

1s· 37' 4.645092" s2· 43' 53.457636"

18' 37' 8.699772" 82' 43' Sl.285972"

18' 3i' 12.318050" 62' 43' 49.331640"

!Differential GPS Sur:eyed area= 21.106 Ha.

2, Above OGPS CoorClna;ë́ are with relpK: :o ►ol"!.st Prir:i.ary Cc:itrol Pt:int (f?CPi recateͅ &t Mega Nursi::iy

i<or;i;::,i;t (!=PC?Codr.: KPT05-00SI

FSO's certificate on Final Geo-referenced Notified Fol'est Block Map

͆oars sur'ltvc-d are.i c,f i<et-.ikar11.P.R,F. Sit>.:atec in thf! Tahasil of u,m:1t;::n.1t, Distrl=t= Kora;,ut. Cdi5h;J, Forest

Div1s1<1n:A ͇or.iput, forest RMee ͈tmi!igu::!a !s 2:.106 Ha. as ͉er g<:e- t-:>ord!r.ates of the b͊1.md;)ry pill;,1rs

comp'Jted with rc͋pec͌ ta the St;1te G:o͍n<i Contrc! Poht Network, exter.:ied from Natianai geo•rcforcdng

framc•<"Jor.k in UTM 1,or,o 44N Profecn:i͎ .ind w::;s. 8.4 D͏1um, The iorcst boundary rema;i,s lr-t.t<:t sinc.e 25th

October 1980, which has be-en .jointly vetifiec :md cl'!rtlfl͐d by the Forest Re͑nue Joi͒t Veri!k-,tion

Committee on !•M.u-2021. The surveyed ma;i, h<:1͓ b11".en fini3lite-d after due t:ca:i:".R and discosa! of public

cl.1lms ;v1d objecnons as: per pro·,'isior<r of .li::and.ire Cpr.:;it',n͔ Prorndu͕e nc:ific-:1 by !h!e Go\/(:!'"nrr.ent Qf

01.llsh:i In this regard"

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