FOREST DEPARTMENT TAKING NO COGNISANCE OF THE SPECIAL REPAIRS OF BLOCK OFFICE -CUM -RESIDENCE (GOCHAR BLOCK) UNDER JHANDUTTA RANGE AND BUILDING MAY COLLAPSE, IF DELAYED FOR THE ESSENTIAL REPAIRS, BY THE DEPARTMENT.

It was an occasion today on 4-4-2025 when visited the office of the Block Forest Officer Gochar working under the control of the Jhandutta range forest officer and Division and Circle Bilaspur Himachal pradesh. The issue of complaint against Thakur Dass Balhseena for demarcation of the forest land in Balhseena was referred to the field office of the department of forest and the revenue department to take actual measurements of the land used by said Thakur Dass for road purposes however issue and matter still pending before the department of forest and the department of revenue, and taking no cognisance of the actual measurements as such the preliminary enquiry is over and penalty for rupee two thousand have been already taken from the said Thakur Dass for which actual case file pending before the CCF Bilaspur since report referred by the DFO Bilaspur to CCF Bilaspur vide letter number 12277 dated 28-2-2025 is proof on the record of all concerned but it is yet pending for further compliance and FIR as per actual measurements of the demarcation of land required to be assessed by the department of Forest , in this behalf. During the visit to said office cum Residence of the Block officer Gochar it is revealed that no one is going to look into the matter as kitchen block of the said residence and the lean to roof cum verandah and a pent roof is collapsed where no wood work is being done by the department of forest since the long and it is felt that no one is residing there however if the wood work of lean to roof of verandah where CGI sheets are laid and Kitchen block where slate roofing is done, is not repaired before the heavy rains the entire building including the residence and the office of the BO Gochar would be totally collapsed and for which the department of forest would be held responsible as taking no cognisance of the wood work for a lean to room and for one number Kitchen block of the residence cum office of the department of Forest. The matter is related to the special repairs of office cum residence and it is necessary to take immediate repair works in hand for which the wooden rafters purlins and eaves boards etc etc may be available from the departmental arrangements alloting trees for the general public but not taking use of the wood work of their own residence and the office of the Block officer Gochar working under the Jhandutta range of Bilaspur forest division, Himachal pradesh. The matter would be brought to the kind notice of the department of the forest to save beautiful bungalow and residence cum office of the department existing in the rural areas of the heart land of Centre of three Gram panchayats, since very very long named, Gandhir, Balhseena and Malangan for which necessary RTI would be taken from the Public information officer of the department in the interest of transparency and to save the government properties constructed for the welfare of the public and the government employees residing in the rural areas and with in the jurisdiction of the forests area where immediate special repairs must be done to save the forest and the life and liberty of the forest employees residing in the remote areas of the forests and doing their essential duties responsible for remaining at the headquarters for 24

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