Conditions on which land for raising groves may be given

Conditions on which land for raising groves may be given. If any person desires for his own benefit to raise in the land lying barren or waste outside the reserved forests for more than ten years, and does not contain any valuable forest trees, a mango grove, tamarind grove, babul grove or grove of any other kind of tree as may in some manner be deemed to be of public benefit as well, such land may be obtained by the order of the Collector, free of assessment for twenty years and after twenty years it shall be assessed at the dry rate, provided that the Government water is not taken; but if the Government water is taken “dastband” shall be paid.

The applicant shall plant annually trees in at least one-fifth portion of the land so that the trees may be planted in the entire land within five years. If the trees in sufficient number with regard to their kind are not planted within five years in the whole land that portion of land in which trees have been planted shall remain free of assessment and the rest shall be assessed from the sixth year. Cultivation between the trees shall not be prohibited.