*G O A S U – R A J P A R T Y * *H.O. 383A PIRAZONA MOIRA BARDEZ GOA-403507 Email: **[email protected]* <[email protected]>* Website: **www.goasu-raj.com* <http://www.goasu-raj.com/>* Mob: 9890470896*
*_____________________________________________________________________________________________* * July 22, 2016* *PRESS RELEASE* *W.R.T. the *(Prohibition, Regularization and Removal) ordinance, 2016 which seeks to regularize all illegal structures on Comunidade, Private and Government land, this Party has this to say: *The Goa Government has been emboldened by various incidences that have happened recently and in the distant past which have violated the Goa Damao and Diu Town and Country Planning Act, 1974. This Act was incorporated when Goa was the Union Territory. Any amendment/s to this Act must have the Presidential assent, not the assent of the Governor, because this Act lies in the ‘Concurrent List’ and not the State list, concurrent list being the in-between Central and State Lists.* *Examples: * 1. The then Manohar Parrikar’s Govt survived the Ordinance during 2004 IFFI when he took over the TCP Department to do what he wanted in Panjim to bring in the INOX and therefore the IFFI to Goa. GSRP had approached the HC of Bombay to challenge this Ordinance which according to the Party, any amendent/s to the TCP Act requires the assent of the President of India, since the TCP Act was incorporated when Goa was the Union Territory and the TCP Act being in the Concurrent List, not the State List. President’s assent was not taken in this case. GSRP went to the Supreme Court which re-directed it to the HC. The Petition was withdrawn as the HC ruled that this was CONSTITUTIONAL matter and has to be decided by the Supreme Court. GSRP not having the resources to go back to the Supreme Court, the petition was withdrawn. 2. The Congress Government of Digamber Kamat saved Cidade de Goa’s extended hotel structure through Ordinance in 2009 which even over-rode the Supreme Court’s order for the handover of the said property to the Panjim PDA for demolitioon. When this ordinance was challenged by Goa Foundation in http://www.advocatekhoj.com/library/judgments/announcement.php?WID=7271, the Supreme Court ruled that the Ordinance was not tailor made to save Cidade de Goa alone. This was unfortunate. 3. BJP Maharashtra’s Fadnavis Government ‘s regularization over 2 lakhs of private and commercial building through ordinance in Mumbai Pune et al. 4. The BJP Government got away when ordinance was passed to accommodate the beer factory in Curchorem-Goa, so that over 1500 coconut trees were cut. The IPB [Investment Promotion Board] is above the state’s notified TCP Act, 1974 with No conversions required to convert eco-sensitive zones to commercial or settlement zones to promote vested interests. 5. And now this (Prohibition, Regularization and Removal) ordinance, 2016 to regularize illegal structures prior to February 28, 2014. Why this particular date? The Government’s intension must be to save and protect some huge vested interests or huge vote-banks? This Ordinance is specially tailor made to regularize all slums in Goa which are the vote-banks of politicians. *The moot question is: Considering that just 10 % or less of the population of the State indulges in illegalities, what message is this government sending to the law abiding citizens who have to run from pillar to post to construct their humble homes legitimately? The Govt is driving them to take recourse to illegalities? * *This is a dangerous precedent that this anti-Goa BJP Government is setting. GOA SU-RAJ PARTY warns ALL MLAs to think rationally before they vote on this vile BILL. Should they fail to take this warning, they will experience the wrath of the people of Goa come 2017 elections that will teach them the lesson of their life that they cannot get away by selling Goa to the corrupt and to non Goans for their votes. This Ordinance is an affront on law abiding citizens of Goa and therefore should be voted out. * Note: The Affidavit filed by the Govt of Goa in the Supreme Court through its Chief Secretary in compliance with the SC Judgment to clear all Panchayat , Municipalities and private land owner’s properties of all illegal encroachments/ structures and restore them to the original Owners has just 3 illegal structures. How come all these structures which are sought to be regularized through this Ordinance Bill justified? Sd/ General Secretary/Spokesperson GSRP
