Subject to certain conditions, the HC vacated an interim stay imposed by it about a year ago on implementation of Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006.
"With the vacation of the stay, the state government can now go ahead with its proposal to distribute record of rights (pattas) to the forest dwellers which would go a long way in tackling the Naxal menace in the state," said state Advocate General Ashok Mohanty.