The land quality being poor, there is more emphasis on the CPRs for livelihood security and tribal are often accused of illegal trading of forest produce to make a living. Gondia is one of these districts. In this paper an attemp thas been made to evaluate the land use based issues in management of CPR’s for their effective sustainable management to ensurelive lihood security for the people living in these backward areas.The district is affected by naxalism movement (radical group pro-fessing communism and demanding control of forests). Among the economic issues that have been taken up by the naxal movement include land rights (for agriculture and housing), minimum wages and common property resources. Land ceiling act in India defines the quantum of land that can be held by an individual farmer.