SIOLIM, March 18 -- The registration of First Offence Register (FOR) by the Range Forest Officer (RFO) against a contractor for illegally felling 35 trees in Siolim is an indication that the High Court of Bombay at Goa needs to be revisited.

"Though the State government has filed its compliance report, we are trying to get the matter heard so that the court knows that its directions have not been fully complied," said Mohan Kumar of Living Heritage Foundation, the petitioner in the Tree Census case versus the State, July 8, 2021.

The directions issued by Justice Mahesh Sonak and Justice M S Jawalkar had clearly stated, "The Tree Authorities are directed to meet at least once in every three months as mandated by Section 4(1)of the Trees ...