I believe every word you have said. My aunt lost her house in Ponda to tenants living next door. My daughter- in-law's father lost his house in Goa to relatives and I know of a total stranger in Goa stealing someone's house.This someone was not living in Goa.. How he managed to change the name on this house baffles me to this day. My aunt (dead now) and daughter-in-law's father live abroad. You can 'live' in the Government offices to get matters sorted out. This is for your information. God bless Goa! Keep up your good work. M.Fernandes
--- On Wed, 2/13/13, Ignatius Fernandes <igg...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: From: Ignatius Fernandes <igg...@yahoo.co.uk> Subject: [Goanet] Goans should not sell their ancestral property. To: "goa...@goanet.org" <goa...@goanet.org> Received: Wednesday, February 13, 2013, 10:08 AM Everyone advises Goans not to sell their ancestral properties in Goa. I surely wish we had that choice of not selling our ancestral property to a squatter who call himself our mundcar. We have been traipsing to courts and back and visiting mamaladar and panchayat offices to try and stop this rogue from robbing our property for the last twenty years. We were in Goa in January this year 2013 for over a month as soon as we landed we had two court summons to attend court and the mamlader's engineer to measure the three hundred sq. metres for the squatter. We are forced by the Goa Government to sell our ancestral land to him for a paltry sum of I believe 20rupees per sq. metre. What really saddens me is that my ancestors saved enough money to buy through hard work and went without a lot of essential luxuries to leave land for their progeny to carry out their wishes, and these people just walk in and lay claims to our land. Our wives and children refuse to come to Goa knowing fully well that we would be embroiled in court cases and we would not have the time to show them our beautiful Goa. Ignatius Fernandes.
