Time to go for Sequeira's and Martin's knickers! Joi, Joi. Venantius J Pinto
On 2/25/14, Aires Rodrigues <[email protected]> wrote: > A Division bench of the Bombay High Court at Goa comprising of Justice R.S. > Dalvi and Justice F.M.Reis has quashed and set aside the order which had > regularized the 599 sq mts of Serula Communidade land on Chogm Road at > Porvorim which was encroached by Goa Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar. > > > > The High Court in its judgment has ruled that the order passed by the > President of the Administrative Tribunal on September 27th 2012 > regularizing the land in favour of Dilip Parulekar was bad in law and could > not stand judicial scrutiny. > > > > In a blatant misuse and abuse of power Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar, in > connivance with his Under Secretary Irene Sequeira who was also the > Administrator of Communidade of North Zone, and Peter Martins the attorney > of the Communidade of Serula conspired to fraudulently hand over to the > Tourism Minister on a platter, valuable Communidade land at a throw away > price in the guise of regularizing his encroachment to the extent of 599 sq > meters. > > > > As per clause 1 of Article 380 of the Code of Communidade, regularisation > is possible only in cases of land which is valued at less than 1800 escudos > or Rs 300. The market value of the area encroached by Dilip Parulekar is > more than Rs. one crore and the Communidade had illegally given it away to > him for a mere Rs 3,41,320/- . > > > > The encroachment made by Dilip Parulekar could not have been regularized > under law. The entire process initiated for regularization commencing from > the resolutions of the Communidade to the order of the Administrative > Tribunal granting permission was void being entirely without jurisdiction > and contrary to the Code of Communidade. > > > > The misuse and abuse of power could not have been more apparent. The whole > malafied process of giving away this prime land to Tourism Minister Dilip > Parulekar smacked of the malaise of corruption which had to be nipped in > the bud before it further spread and destroyed the very fabric of society. > > Aires Rodrigues > T1 - B30, Ribandar Retreat > Ribandar - Goa - 403006 > Mobile: 9822684372 > -- +++++++++++++ Venantius J Pinto
