Diaspora . J. Colaco Anything is possible isn't it? We live in a land where might is right and where corruption rules the roost. Bernice
On Saturday, 8 March 2014 1:07 AM, "J. Colaco < jc>" <cola...@gmail.com> wrote: On 7 March 2014 10:22, Bernice Pereira <bernicepere...@yahoo.com> wrote: "Who can be deemed a tenant? Maybe some 30 years ago a man sowed a tract of land just once for one season. His son, however, stealthily goes to a corrupt talati, bribes him and puts his name as tenant in form 1 and 14. This has happened in my case. The same has happened in so many other cases. Is it right to deem him as tenant and deny me the owner the right to sell this property?" Two quick snippets I have heard of (hence hearsay): a: In a Hitech local in S. India Elderly man visits from Mumbai. Finds a multi-storey building coming up in his yard bang next to his ancestral home (which was closed and temporarily unoccupied). He protests at the 'contractor'. Tells him that he will take them to court. That evening he gets a group of well attired visitors. They great him very politely and introduce themselves as the owners of the building being constructed next door. The elderly man is very animated in his protests. The suited and booted chaps make him an offer: Rs 1000 for his ancestral home. b: In a village in South Goa. Owners have gone to the Gulf to visit their daughter and son in law. When they return (about 2-3 weeks later, they find a hut constructed on the property and folks living in it. To cut the chase short, the 'owners' of the hut have all kinds of certificates indicating that the hut has been there for 10 years. jc
