 annexure extract from the forest (conservation) act, 1980 (act no 69 of 1980)     restriction 2 notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being int force in on ane ti a state, no state government or other authority shall make, except with4he prior approval ation of forests or of the central government, any order directing— use of forest land for \ (i)      non-forest  purpose (iv)     'explanation— fur the purpose of this section "non-forest purpose" means the breaking up or clearing of any forest land or portion thereof for— (a) the cultivation of tea, coffee, spices, rubber, palms, oil-bcaring plants, horticultural crops or medicinal plants; (b) any purpose other than reafforestation, but does not include any work relating or ancillary to conservation, development and management of forests and wild life, namely, the establishment of check-posts, fire lines, wireless communications and construction of fencing, bridges and culverts, dams, waterholes, trench marks, boundary marks, pipe-lines or other like purposes'     