29 June, 2016
To, The Editor, *OHeraldo, Navhind Times, The Goan, Gomantak Times, Times of India, The Hindu, Goan Observer, Tarun Bharat, Navprabha, Dainik Gomantak, Dainik Herald, Pudhari Goa, Goa Doot, Goa Lokmat, Goanet, Goaworldtoday, GoenchiXapottam, Target Goa. * Sir, *Sub: Press Note for kind favour of publication. Re: Prohibition, Regularization and Removal ordinance, 2016’* It has been reported widely in the press that the Government is shortly to coming out with an Ordinance to regularize illegal structures that have been built before 28 February, 2014 under the ‘ Prohibition, Regularization and Removal ordinance, 2016’ when the Goa Legislative Assembly is shortly to be convened . The Goa Su-Raj Party believes that the Constitutional Provision which allows ‘Ordinances’, which are generally short-term measures are only in case of acute emergencies that arises out of natural or unnatural non predictable phenomena such as Tsunamis, Earthquakes, aka Acts of God and Acts of Terrorism etc. where there is no time to be wasted in deliberating in the houses of the people’s representatives to come up with the solutions and where action is required to be taken on immediate basis to save lives and property. These Ordinance legislations has a period of 6 month’s life only and if these are required to be continued, then these must be ratified in the houses of the people. i.e. Legislative Assemblies or the Parliament. The Goa government seems to be either showing its contempt for the rule book or is scared to take the matter to the house of the people’s representatives to pass legislations which would be blocked for being unsound and/or which seek to promote vote-banks, considering that the elections are at our door-steps. Furthermore, this Ordinance route has been taken to allow IPB [Investment Promotion Board] to move at will in sanctioning projects in eco-sensitive areas of Goa where it would be difficult to convert the land use due to the prevailing rules and laws,.by exempting IPB through this vile Ordinance. This Party believes that any amendment/s to Goa’s Town & Country Planning Act must have the assent of the President of India since the TCP Act was incorporated in Goa when Goa was the Union Territory and it lies in the Concurrent List. If the Presidential assent is not obtained to notify these Ordinances, then these Ordinances go out of the window. This Party shall seek constitutional legal advice on this matter and shall seek to appropriately challenge this particular Ordinance in the Court of law, which Ordinance makes the mockery of the rule of law in order to benefit the vested interests of the Government at the hustings. Sd/- *for Goa Su-Raj Party* General Secretary/Spokesperson. Mob: 9890470896 Email: [email protected] Website: www.goasu-raj.com http://www.goasu-raj.com/gen/display_commentsOnNews_data.asp?pg=3822 .
