Minister for Forests Eshwar Khandre has directed the officers to file an interlocutory application in the Supreme Court to allow the grant of land to the families who lost land for the Sharavathi reservoir project decades ago.
He gave this direction in a meeting with his Cabinet colleagues, legislators from the Malnad region, and officers in Bengaluru on Tuesday.
Following the objections by the court, the de-notification of forest land being granted to the land losers was withdrawn by the previous government. Later, the State government wrote to the Centre seeking its approval for denotification. However, the Centre returned the proposal, suggesting a suitable decision with respect to court orders.
