IN IN IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL CIVIL CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION APPELLATE JURISDICTION APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL CIVIL CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO. 1905 OF 2009 WRIT PETITION NO. 1905 OF 2009 WRIT PETITION NO. 1905 OF 2009 Shri Javvad Hamid Chikhlekar ] .. Petitioner Versus 1. State of Maharashtra & 4 ors. ] .. Respondents Mr. V.A. Gangal with Ashok Gade for the petitioner. Mr. Vinay Masurkar, GP, for the respondents No.1, 3 & 4. CORAM: S.B. MHASE & D.B. BHOSALE, JJ. DATED: 24TH FEBRUARY, 2009 P.C. : 1. Heard Mr. V.A. Gangal, learned counsel for the petitioner. 2. The impugned order has been passed as a preventive measure. The khair is one of the valuable ayurvedic tree and the petitioner is indulging in removing the bark of the said tree. No doubt after the old trees are disposed of, the bark can be removed. However, the Government desires that such an activity should not be close to the forest because it ultimately encourages forest thefts and, therefore, the Government has rightly taken the decision of not permitting the : 2 : activity of removing the bark of khair trees in a place which is close or near to the forest. The Government has thus rightly stopped the activity till further orders. 3. We do not wish to interfere in this protective act of the Government. Writ Petition, accordingly, stands rejected. Sd/- Sd/- [D.B. [D.B. [D.B. BHOSALE, J.] BHOSALE, J.] BHOSALE, J.] [S.B. [S.B. [S.B. MHASE, J.] MHASE, J.] MHASE, J.]