Dear Mr. Carvalho. We at South Goa Public Interest Action Group having jurisdiction in the entire South Goa Parliamentary Constituency and registered office at Benlix Bldg Margao Goa have noted your observations with deep concern on the unabated "change of land use"
As a matter of fact there is a legal hitch in the Goa Land Revenue Code 1968 and the Town & Country Planning Act 1974; viz that while under the provision of GLRC 1968 the action of cutting of hills which comes under the proviso "change of land use" is a non cognisable offence, under the TCP it is a cognizable offence in which the TCP authorities can file a criminal case on this issue. This seldom happens and there is a report made by the Collector of South Goa District Mr Krishnamurthy and then SDO Deputy Collector Margao Mr Sanjit Rodrigues in June 2001 pointing out this anamoly and calling upon the Governement to rectify the same. What is therefore needed to be done immediately is to impress upon the MLA of Cortalim Constituency Mr. Mathany Saldhana to take up this report with the Government bring an ordinance rectifying the anamoly as pointed in the report. Only then the issue of cutting of hills, land filling or change of land use from agriculture to non agriculture can be rectified otherwise they end up as mere quasi judicial cases for years together. We are marking a copy of this letter to the Chief Minister of Goa to ascertain the facts and act upon the report which is perhaps gathering dust in the office of the District Collector South Goa, so that the ordinance can be brought forth. Meanwhile we would appreciate if you could ascertain the owner of the land Survey No:69/1 in view, whether Communidade, Government of Goa or a private party. Involving that party would safeguard the locus standi and the party aggrieved should be the main complainant for the litigation to stand in the Court of Law. Please also obtain photographs of the hill cutting and the vehicle numbers of the trucks involved to support the contention of illegal acts. Kindly post us of the developments sd/- Terence Mazarelo PRESIDENT (SGPIAG) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 00-91-0832-2731373 HELPLINE 9822158584 --- simon carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Most urgent > > Simon Carvalho > 399/1, Convent Square, > Sancoale, P.O. Cortalim > Goa-403710 > > > Date: 18/10/2003 > > To: > 1. The Collector and District Magistrate, Fax: > 2226492 > 2. The Director of Industries & Mines Dept., > Panaji. Fax: 2224116 > 3. The Chief Town Planner, Pnaji, Fax: 2224511 > 4. The Deputy Collector, Mormugao Taluka. Fax: > 2512688 > > Sub: Heavy Hill Cutting / mud extraction at Survey > No.69/1. > > Dear Sir, > > This is to bring to your notice that heavy hill > cutting/mud extraction is > being carried out at the above mentioned Survey > No.69/1 at Sancoale. There > has been a total of approximately three hundred > truck loads of mud being > excavated and taken away daily since over a month > now. > > Kindly inform me if you have granted permission to > anybody for extraction of > mud on such a scale in the above survey. I need to > know this in order to > submit an official complaint in case this mud > extraction is carried on > without proper permission from the concerned > agencies. > > Please treat this of utmost urgency. > > > > > > Yours faithfully, > > Simon Carvalho > > > Copies to: > > 1. His Excellency The Governor of Goa. > 2. Hon'ble Chief Minister of Goa. > 3. Hon'ble MLA, Cortalim Constituency. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ########################################################################## > # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > # > # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), > and avoid top-posts # > # More details on Goanet at > http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # > # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to > reflect respect to others # > ########################################################################## ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner online. Go to http://yahoo.shaadi.com ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
