A Division Bench of the Bombay High Court at Goa comprising of Justice F.M Reis and Justice K.L Wadane today evening rejected the petition filed by Goa State BJP Vice –President Anil Hoble challenging the order of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) which had ordered demolishing of his illegal structures and fined him Rs 20 lakhs for destroying mangroves and doing illegal land filling in violation of environment laws along the Ribandar-Panaji causeway.
BJP leader Anil Hoble misused his political power with impunity in usurping community land by filling the fields and destroying mangroves around the Ribandar – Merces area. The NGT in its order had accused Anil Hoble of doing land filling after cutting mangroves and filling salt pans in violation of CRZ regulations while also misleading the authorities. The illegal structures built by Anil Hoble for commercial activity along the very busy Ribandar – Panaji causeway is a very accident prone area with hundreds of fatal accidents on that road over the years with even Anil Hoble's own brother killed there in a road accident. With the High Court today rejecting Anil Hoble’s petition, the decks have now cleared for the bull dozers to move in and demolish Hoble’s River Lounge Bar & Restaurant and his other the structures which have to be cleared within six weeks as per the order passed by the NGT on 29th May. Aires Rodrigues Advocate High Court C/G-2, Shopping Complex Ribandar Retreat, Ribandar – Goa – 403006 Mobile No: 9822684372 Office Tel No: (0832) 2444012 Email: [email protected] Or [email protected] You can also reach me on Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues Twitter@rodrigues_aires
