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Former Chief Justice of India Bhushan R. Gavai was appointed by the Supreme Court to head a special committee responsible for scrutinising forest rights claims in Tamil Nadu under the Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006. The committee will examine orders related to the rights of Forest-Dwelling Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers. Its primary focus will be on the Agasthyamalai landscape and the Srivilliputhur-Megamalai Tiger Reserve. The committee also includes an officer from the Central Empowered Committee and Tamil Nadu's Principal Chief Conservator of Forests. It will review the implementation of forest rights procedures and submit its findings to the Supreme Court.