State Act

THE KERALA RESTRICTION ON CUTTING AND DESTRUCTION OF VALUABLE TREES ACT, 1974

This Act was repealed on 18 June 1983 by the Kerala Preservation of Trees Act, 1986 (35 of 1986), s.26(1); that Act is deemed in force from 18 June 1983 by its s.1(3); it may still apply to matters that began before then.

6. Revision.—(1) The Government may, either suo motu or on application by any person aggrieved, call for and examine the record of any order passed by the authorised officer under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) of section 4 or under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) of section 5, for the purpose of satisfying themselves as to the legality, propriety or regularity of such order and pass such order thereon as they think fit. (2) The Government shall not of their own motion revise any order under sub-section (1) if that order has been passed more than three months previously. (3) An application under sub-section (1) by an aggrieved person shall be made within a period of two months from the date on which the order in question was communicated to him: Provided that the Government may admit an application made after the expiry of the said period of two months if they are satisfied that the applicant had sufficient cause for not making the application within that period. (4) An order prejudicial to a person shall not be passed under sub-section (1) unless that person has been given a reasonable opportunity of showing cause against such order. Explanation.—An order declining to interfere shall, for the purposes of this sub-section be deemed to be an order prejudicial to a person.