IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA. C.W.P. No. 6216 of 2011. Decided on: 22nd September, 2011. Sajni Devi and others. ….. Petitioners. -Versus- State of Himachal Pradesh and others. …… Respondents. Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Kurian Joseph, Chief Justice. The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rajiv Sharma, Judge. For the petitioner. : M/s. Ajay Mohan Goel and Sunil Mohan Goel, Advocates. For respondents No. 1 to 3. : Mr. Ankush Dass Sood, Additional Advocate General with Mr. J.K. Verma, Deputy Advocate General. For respondent No. 4. : Mr. V.B. Verma, Advocate. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Justice Rajiv Sharma, J. (Oral): Petitioners have submitted their applications seeking permission to fell the trees in Forest Beat and Block Pandhar, Forest Range Dodra Kawar, Forest Division Rohroo, District Shimla in the prescribed proforma after the area has fallen due for felling in the year 2011-2012. Case of the petitioners, in a nut-shell, is that respondent No. 3 has not accorded the necessary permission. 2. Mr. J.K. Verma, learned Deputy Advocate General submits that there are certain short-comings in the applications submitted by the petitioners. 3. Accordingly, the petition is disposed of with a direction to the petitioners to approach respondent No. 3 within a period of two weeks. Thereafter, the respondent No. 3 will disclose to the petitioners the short-comings in their applications. Petitioners 2 shall remove the short-comings and complete all the codal formalities within a period of two weeks. Thereafter, case of petitioners shall be processed by the respondent No. 3 for according permission within a further period of three weeks. The pending application(s), if any, also stands disposed of. (Justice Kurian Joseph), Chief Justice. (Justice Rajiv Sharma), Judge. September 22, 2011. (bhupender)