HC quashes denotification 260 acres of forest area in Shivamogga district Updated: Updated: ‘State could not have exercised its statutory power without approval from the Centre’ Share Article ‘State could not have exercised its statutory power without approval from the Centre’ In a setback to the State government, the High Court of Karnataka on Thursday quashed the notification issued in 2017 denotifying 260 acres of forest area in Shivamogga district purportedly for rehabilitating people affected from Linganamakki dam project area in 1960. The court set aside the notification, issued on February 23, 2017 under Section 28 of the Karnataka Forest Act, 1963, while holding that the State government could not have exercised its statutory power without the prior approval from the Central government under the provisions of the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980.