When I was asked to deliberate on disposal of cases under Forest Rights Act -FRA especially Community Forest Rights-CFR during a national consultation at Nagpur, Maharashtra recently, I expressed my deep anguish about lack of elected panchayat bodies in J&K that would take up such cases. I along with some of my colleagues had gone to Nagpur to attend this national level programme titled “Bio-diversity Conservation and Sustainable Livelihood Through Community Forest Management”. The participants from almost one dozen states were shocked to know that for the last 2 ½ years Panchayat and Municipal elections have not been held in J&K ?