COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka’s Court of Appeal on Tuesday (22) ordered the Commissioner General of Lands to NOT abide by the circular that was issued giving control of Other State Forests to Divisional Secretaries.The Commissioner-General of Lands, Director General of Forest Conservation among five others were issued notice to appear in court on the 1st of September to make submissions with respect to the writ application that was filed challenging the said circular.Accordingly, the order on the Commissioner General of Lands will be in effect until the 1st of September.The application challenging the circular was taken up in the presence of Justices Sobitha Rajakaruna and Dhammika Ganepola.The Centre for Environmental Justice (CEJ) and its Executive Director filed a new writ application in the CA against a government decision to move the `Other State Forest’ from the preview of the Forest Department and hand over them to District and Division Secretariats. .