Re: [Goanet] Government plans to auction 'enemy' properties

2018-01-14 Thread Frederick Noronha
> > Well, all that the previous owners had to do before they left, was to give > their ownership to relatives or friends. Then the Govt of India’s Custodian > of Enemy Property would never have gotten their grubby hands on it. > > Roland Francis > Toronto. > Whoa, not that fast! - The Bill

Re: [Goanet] Government plans to auction 'enemy' properties

2018-01-14 Thread Frederick Noronha
The case of Pakistani Goans needs to be raised, for they (i) didn't migrate to Pakistan after 1947 (ii) didn't go there on political grounds. FN Sent with Mailtrack

Re: [Goanet] Government plans to auction 'enemy' properties

2018-01-14 Thread Frederick Noronha
This is where the inspiration obviously came from... http://www.enemyproperty.bis.gov.uk/fcoreport.pdf FN PS: In Goa's case, it is not "Enemy" Property, but "Evacuee" Property. I wondered why the film The Enemy, Konkani, talks about the former name but not the latter. Guess that would be too

Re: [Goanet] Government plans to auction 'enemy' properties

2018-01-14 Thread Frederick Noronha
First of all, I think this is just a blatant attempt to distract attention and polarise people once over again, even as the government of the day currently faces a number of scams and embarrassment -- right from judges fighting each other at the Supreme Court, to a national database (Aadhaar)

Re: [Goanet] Government plans to auction 'enemy' properties

2018-01-14 Thread Roland Francis
I suppose the share of Pakistani Goan family members in their ancestral properties in Goa have already been informally ‘expropriated’ by their Indian relatives. I am sure that where the sole owner of the property in Goa has continued to settle in Pakistan after partition the Goa Govt will

Re: [Goanet] Government plans to auction 'enemy' properties

2018-01-14 Thread Roland Francis
Good or bad does not apply here since this is more of a tit for tat situation. Note the word ‘encumbrances’ in the context of “properties without encumbrances may be auctioned off”. Well, all that the previous owners had to do before they left, was to give their ownership to relatives or

Re: [Goanet] Government plans to auction 'enemy' properties worth Rs 1 lakh cro

2018-01-14 Thread Floriano Lobo
This is absolutely ridiculous. Groans in Pakistan are not enemies but bona fide Goans. India will have to pay heavily for this move especially when it is illegal in GOA. On Jan 14, 2018 7:55 PM, "Gabe Menezes" wrote: This does not smell good to me, what do readers think?

[Goanet] Government plans to auction 'enemy' properties worth Rs 1 lakh cro

2018-01-14 Thread Gabe Menezes
This does not smell good to me, what do readers think? Government plans to auction 'enemy' properties worth Rs 1 lakh crore Read more at: