 statement of objects and reasonsthe total geographical area of the state of uttaranchal is about 53485 sq km, out of which 34661 sq km, ie, about 65 per cent area forms forest wealth of the state encroachment on forest land is an offence under the provisions of the indian forest act, 1927 with the enactment of the forest (conservation) act, 1980, all cases of regularization of such encroachments are required to be forwarded by the state government for approval by the central government it is undisputable that exploitation of forest land for agricultural and other use is one of the main causes of encroachment which has resulted in decline of forest resources however, it would not be prudent to evict encroachments from such forest land which is forest land only on records without much forest wealth and where settlements exist for more than two three decades the government of india have also, as a one time dispensation, issued guidelines on 18th september, 1990 for regularization of pre-1980 eligible encroachments on forest lands keeping view the fact that various state governments had taken a decision to regularize certain categories of encroachment but could not implement the decision as forest (conservation) act came into effect this relaxation is not applicable to encroachments that took place after 24th october, 1980 one of the guidelines issued by the government provides that all the pre-1980 encroachments shall not be eligible for regularization only certain categories of pre-1980 encroachment can be regularized the state of uttaranchal has been created only recently therefore, it is necessary that the government of the state of uttaranchal be given opportunity to submit its proposal of regularization of all pre-1980 encroachments for approval to the central government however, with the restraint imposed by the supreme court on the central government with regard to regularization of encroachment in the country by their order dated 23rd november, 2001 in ia no 703 in wp no 202/95, the process of regularization of encroachment in the country has come to a halt accordingly, the state governments are required to get all ineligible pre-1980 and all post-1980 encroachments removed from the forest lands as the state of uttaranchal was not formed in the year 1990 ie when the guidelines were issued by the central government for regularization of pre-1980 encroachment, it is judicious that the government of uttaranchal must be given an oppoftunity to regularize its pre-1980 encroachments on forest lands notwithstanding the orders of the supreme court which have been made almost at the time of creation of the state of uttaranchal the union minister of environment and forests in his reply to starred question no 284, dated 16 october, 2004, submitted before the house that whatever the observation of the court, the government is committed and that the forest village should be converted into revenue villages the minister also informed that the government has filed an affidavit before the supreme court to protect the tribals and that the entire jurisdiction of the ministry is not ousted as the matter regarding regularization of encroachments is likely to be delayed due to its pendency in the court of law, it is necessary that a law should be enacted to provide for regularization of all pre-1980 encroachments on forest lands in the state of uttaranchal and their conversion into revenue land so that the people living on such land may become eligible for all such benefits as are available to people living on revenue land such a law will not affect the process of conservation of forest as all such encroachments have regular schools, roads, electricity, water facility and other things hence this bill new delhi; kc singh "baba" march 28, 2005  financial memorandumclause 3 provides that the central government shall constitute a committee of experts to identify the encroached reserved forest lands in the state of uttaranchal the bill, therefore, ifenacted, will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that asum of approximately rupees fifty lakh is likely to be involved asa non-recurring expenditure per annum no recurring expenditure is likely to be involved  memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 6 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of the bill these rules will relate to the matters of detail only the delegation of legislative power is, therefore, of a normal character : 