NEW DELHI: The ministry of tribal affairs on Monday held a review meet with states to establish the number of land ownership claims under the Forest Rights Act 2006 that have been so far rejected, accepted and those that are pending. The ministry plans to compile the data and accordingly issue directions to states.The ministry is of the view that if and when the matter comes up in Supreme Court where the case has been going on, the Centre wants the states to be ready with their updates.TOI had reported in August last year that in a big relief to lakhs of tribals and traditional forest dwellers who are facing eviction from forest land after state governments rejected their claims, several states have now admitted before the Supreme Court their fault in passing adverse orders against them and decided to review their decision.The apex court had on February 13, 2019 asked states and Union Territories to implement their own orders rejecting 11.8 lakh claims over forest land by scheduled tribes and OTFDs and pass eviction orders to free lakhs of hectares of forest land. This order created a stir across the tribal belts as fears of large-scale evictions were raised.But the court subsequently stayed the eviction order after doubts were raised on the legality of procedures adopted by the state authorities to reject the claims.The court had directed the states to file a comprehensive report on how the claims were decided.