12 B. Process of Recognition of Community Rights.-
(1) The District Level Committee shall, in view of the differential vulnerability of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups as described in clause (e) of sub-section (i) of Section 3 amongst the forest dwellers, ensure that all Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups receive habitat rights, in consultation with the concerned traditional institutions of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups and their claims for habitat rights are filed before the concerned Gram Sabhas, wherever necessary by recognizing floating nature of their Gram Sabhas.
(2) The District Level Committee shall facilitate the filing of claims by pastoralists, transhumant and nomadic communities as described in clause (d) of sub-section (i) of Section 3 before the concerned Gram Sabhas.
(3) The District Level Committee shall ensure that the forest rights under clause (i) of sub-section (1) of Section 3 relating to protection, regeneration or conservation or management of any community forest resource, which forest dwellers might have traditionally been protecting and conserving for sustainable use, are recognized in all villages with forest dwellers and the titles are issued.
(4) In case where no community forest resource rights are recognized in a village, the reasons for the same shall be recorded by the Secretary of the District Level Committee.
(5) The conversion of forest villages, unrecorded settlement under clause (h) of Section 3 shall include the actual land use of the village in its entirety, including lands required for current or future community uses, like, schools, health facilities and public spaces.20