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Forests rights: UP to file review petition in SC on eviction orders

Lucknow, Feb 25(UNI) Uttar Pradesh government on Monday decided to move a review petition in the Supreme Court over the February 13 order directing states to evict Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Other Traditional Forest Dweller (OTFD) whose claims over forest land have been rejected.
State Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath directed the concerned officials to do the needful and file a review petition in the Apex Court.
According to the affidavit filed by the states before the three-judge bench of Justices Arun Mishra, Navin Sinha and Indira Banerjee, at least 6,60,388 ST claimants are set to be evicted from forest land across the country. The data shows that 22,87,225 ST applicants sought claim over the forest land, meaning that 29 per cent of the STs who claimed forest land are likely to be evicted.
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