There is considerable resentment among Indian Forest Service officers belonging to the Madhya Pradesh cadre over the State Government's latest decision to bring day-to-day working of the Forest Department within the administrative purview of the newly created district governments headed by the district planning committees.When contracted, some officers pointed out that there has been extreme biotic pressure on the forests and since it was difficult for State Governments to address this issue and save forests from encroachements, mining and diversion of forests for non-forestry use, it was decided to transfer forests from the State List to the Concurrent List.w