law: Indian Forest Act, 1927
  5.  Bar
  
  of accrual of forest-rights . –
  After the issue of a notification under
  
  section 4, no right shall be acquired in or over the land comprised in such
  
  notification, except by succession or under a grant or contract in writing made
  
  or entered into by or on behalf of the Government or some person in whom such
  
  right was vested when the notification was issued; and no fresh clearings for
  
  cultivation or for any other purpose shall be made in such land except in
  
  accordance with such rules as may be made by the State Government in this
  
  behalf.