Section 27. Power to declare forest no longer reserved

27. Power to declare forest no longer reserved .—(1) The[1] [State Government] may,[2] * by notification in the[3] [Official Gazette], direct that, from a date fixed by such notification, any forest or any portion thereof reserved under this Act shall cease to be a reserved forest. (2) From the date so fixed, such forest or portion shall cease to be reserved; but the rights (if any) which have been extinguished therein shall not revive in consequence of such cessation.