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ABSTRACT Forests – Wildlife – Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve –Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve under Section 38V of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 (Central Act 53 of 1972) as amended in 2006 – Notification – Orders – Issued. ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS (FR.5) DEPARTMENT G.O.(Ms.) No. 201 Dated:13.08.2012 Read: 1, G.O.Ms.No.145, Environment and Forests (FR.5) Department, dated 28.12.2007. 2. From the Deputy Inspector General & Joint Director (NTCA), Government of India, Ministry of Environment and Forests, National Tiger Conservation Authority, New Delhi letter No. 1-12/2008, NTCA, dated 26.5.2009. 3. From the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Chief Wildlife Warden letter No.WL5/59746/2008, dated 30.07.2009. 4. From the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Chief Wildlife Warden letter WL5/59746/2008, dated 13.09.2010. 5. From the Deputy Inspector General (NTCA), Government of India, Ministry of Environment and Forests, National Tiger Conservation Authority, New Delhi letter No. 1-20/93-PT (part), dated 18.1.2011. 6. Government letter No.15008/FR.5/2009-11, dated 31.01.2011. 7. From the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Chief Wildlife Warden letter No.WL5/59746/2008, dated 25.3.2011. 8. From the Deputy Inspector General (NTCA), Government of India, Ministry of Environment and Forests, New Delhi letter No. 1-20/93- PT(Part), dated 13.7.2012. 9. From the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Chief Wildlife Warden letter No.WL5/59746/2008, dated 26.7.2012. ---------- ORDER:- The Government in G.O. first read above, issued notification under sub section (1) of section 38 V of Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 declared the entire area of 895 sq.km. as critical tiger habitats in the Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve of the State of Tamil Nadu. 2. Subsequently action was pursued to declare the buffer area. As per the provisions of the Act, National Tiger Conservation Authority in letter No.1-20/93-PT (part), dated 13.07.2012 conveyed the approval of the competent authority for declaring 706.542 Sq.km. as a buffer area of Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve under section 38V of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972. P.T.O. /2/ 3. Section 38 V (1) of Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 reads as follows:- " 38V. (1) The State Government shall, on the recommendation of the Tiger Conservation Authority, notify an area as a tiger reserve." As stated, the State Government shall notify an area as Tiger Reserve on the recommendation of the Tiger Conservation Authority. The explanation under the said section 38 V reads that the expression of Tiger Reserve includes core or critical tiger habitat area and buffer or peripheral area. As per the said provisions, the state shall issue a single notification under section 38 V(1) which includes the core area or critical tiger habitat and buffer or peripheral area. Thus, in consonance with the said provisions of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, the total area to be notified as Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve is as follows:- (1) Core Area / Critical tiger habitat - 895.000 Sq.km (2) Buffer / Peripheral area - 706.542 Sq.km Total - 1601.542 Sq.km 4. The Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Chief Wildlife Warden in his letter ninth read above has sent proposal for declaration of Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve under sub section (1) of Section 38 V of Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 (Central Act 53 of 1972) to an extent of 1601.542 sq.km. 5. The Government after careful examination and in modification of the G.O. first read above, order that the areas defined in the Schedule to the Notification appended to this order be constituted as Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve under sub section (1) of Section 38 V of Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 (Central Act 53 of 1972) to an extent of 1601.542 sq.km. 6. The Notification shall be published both in English and in Tamil in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette. 7. The Tamil Development, Religious Endowment and Information Department is requested to send immediately a Tamil Translation of the Notification to the Works Manager, Government Central Press, Chennai – 600 079 for publication in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette. P.T.O. /3/ 8. The Works Manager, Government Central Pres is requested to send twenty copies of each (in English and Tamil) of the Notification to the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests / Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Chief Wildlife Warden / Government. (BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR) C.V.SANKAR PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT To The Works Manager, Government Central Press, Chennai – 79 The Director of Stationery and Printing, Chennai – 2. The Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Chennai – 15. The Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Chief Wildlife Warden, Chennai – 15. Copy to: Chief Conservator of Forests and Field Director, Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Tirunelveli. The Collector, Tirunelveli / Kanyakumari The Deputy Inspector General, NTCA, Government of India, Ministry of Environment and Forests, New Delhi-11 The Hon’ble Chief Minister’s Office, Chennai - 9 The Senior Personal Assistant to Hon’ble Minister (Forests), Chennai – 9. The Tamil Development, Religious Endowment and Information Department,Chennai-9 The Law Department, Chennai – 9. National Informatics Centre, Chennai - 09 SF/SCs. /FORWARDED BY ORDER/ SECTION OFFICER /4/ APPENDIX. NOTIFICATION. WHEREAS the Government in the Notification issued in G.O.Ms.No.145, Environment and Forests Department, dated 28.12.2007 declared the area of 895 Sq.km. (89539.36 hectares) in Kalakad, Mundanthurai Wildlife Sanctuaries as critical tiger habitat with the approval of National Tiger Conservation Authority contained in letter No. 1501/11/2007-PT, dated 03.12.2007 and the said Notification was published as No.11(2)/EF/822(C)/2007 on page 1 of Part II - section 2 of the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extra- ordinary, dated the 31st December 2007. WHEREAS the National Tiger Conservation Authority in letter No. 1-20/93-PT (Part) dated 13.07.2012 has conveyed the approval of the competent authority for declaring 706.542 Sq.km. (70654.20 hectares) as the buffer area in accordance with the provisions contained in section 38 V of Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972, as amended by the Wildlife (Protection) Amendment Act, 2006 (Central Act 39 of 2006); AND WHEREAS the core or critical tiger habitat areas of National Parks and sanctuaries, have been established, on the basis of scientific and objective criteria, that such areas are required to be kept as inviolate for the purposes of tiger conservation, without affecting the rights of the Scheduled Tribes or such other forest dwellers, and notified as such by the State Government in consultation with an Expert Committee constituted for the purpose; AND WHEREAS buffer or peripheral area consisting of the area peripheral to critical tiger habitat or core area, identified and established in accordance with the provisions contained in the said Central Act 53 of 1972, where a lesser degree of habitat protection is required to ensure the integrity of the critical tiger habitat with adequate dispersal for tiger species, and which aim at promoting co-existence between wildlife and human activity with due recognition of the livelihood, developmental, social and cultural rights of the local people, wherein the limits of such areas are determined on the basis of scientific and objective criteria in consultation with the concerned Gram Sabha and an Expert Committee constituted for the purpose; NOW, THEREFORE in exercise of the powers conferred by sub section (1) of section 38 V of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 (Central Act 53 of 1972), the Governor of Tamil Nadu on the recommendation of the Tiger Conservation Authority, in supersession of the Environment and Forests Department Notification No.11(2)/EF/822(C)/2007 published on page 1 of Part II – Section 2 of the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extra – Ordinary dated the 31st December 2007, hereby declares that the area, the boundaries of which are specified in the Schedule below, as the Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve. P.T.O. /5/ THE SCHEDULE Name of the Tiger Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve Reserve Name of the District Tirunelveli and Kanyakumari Name of the Taluk 1. Tenkasi 2. Ambasamudram 3. Nanguneri 4. Radhapuram 5. Thovalai (Kanyakumari) 6. Agastheeswaram (Kanyakumari) 7. Vilavancodu (Kanyakumari) Name of the Tiger Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve and Kanyakumari Reserve / Forest Division. Division in which the area falls Description of the 895 Sq. Km comprised in the area of Kalakad Wildlife critical tiger habitat Sanctuary as notified in G.O Ms. No. 183 Forest and area Fisheries Department dated 06.03.1976, Mundanthurai Wildlife Sanctuary as notified in G.O. Ms. No. 2556 Food and Agriculture Department dated 02.08.1962, Kanyakumari Sanctuary as notified in G.O.Ms.No. 128 Environment and Forests Department, dated 20.11.2007 and G.O. Ms. No. 145, Environment and Forests Department, dated 28.12.2007 and recommended by the National Tiger Conservation Authority in No. 1501/11/2007 PT dated 03.12.2007 as here under: Area in hectares Papanasam RF - 33768.00 Kalakad RF - 22358.47 Therkuveeravanallur RF - 1289.82 Kolundumamalai RF - 622.88 Manpothai RF - 502.58 Veerapuli RF (Part) - 5942.00 Valliyur RF - 290.41 Kilamalai RF (Part) - 1786.00 Singampatty RL - 22979.20 Total area - 89539.36 Ha (or) - 895 Sq.Km /6/ Description of the An extent of 706.542 Sq.km comprised in the peripheral Buffer area and contiguous areas to Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Kanyakumari Wildlife Sanctuary and Courtallam Reserve Forest as stated here under to be under the control of Chief Conservator of Forests and Field Director, Kalakd Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Tirunelveli.