01 Feb 2023| 06:25am ISTHC quashes former Min’s order staying demolitionTeam HeraldPANJIM: The High Court of Bombay at Goa quashed and set aside an order passed by the then Revenue Minister Jennifer Monserrate entertaining an appeal and staying order of the Deputy Collector regarding demolition of an unauthorized structure, beyond 60 days. High Court Judge Justice B P Colabawalla stated that the Revenue Minister had no power to condone the delay beyond a period of 60 days as per Section 7 of The Goa Regularisation of Unauthorised Construction Act, 2016. The impugned order dated August 25, 2021 passed by the Minister suffers from an error apparent on the face of the record, the Judge said. The petitioner had filed a complaint dated September 13, 2006 with the Borim Village Panchayat against the illegal construction of a RCC structure carried out by Francisco Xavier Fernandes on property bearing survey number 166/1 of Borim village in Ponda taluka. The petitioner had further stated that the respondent had illegally constructed the RCC structure under the garb of repairs.

Source: The Herald February 01, 2023 02:02 UTC