These comments made me dive into my archives for something that I had
written a long time ago to re-enforce the point that Soter makes. It is the
Synopsis of the Writ Petition that I filed against the CRZ violations by 3
hotels in Calangute/Baga belt, 'Calypso', 'Estrela do Mar' and
'Fahrenheit's. It will be seen that I have departed from the set legalese of
putting together the synopsis. However, it is to be noted that cognizance of
the Petition was duly taken by the Honourable High Court of Bombay at Goa
and major portions of the CRZ violations by the 3 hotels have been razed
especial of the Calypso to the tune of crores of rupees.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY AT GOA
Writ Petition (PIL) NO. 3 of 2007
Shri. Floriano Lobo...... Petitioner
V/s
State of Goa and Others....... Respondents.
Synopsis
The petitioner is a responsible citizen of Goa and has been consciously
following the various directives of the Honourable High Court of Bombay at
Goa with respect to various environmental aspects such as the pollution by
industries, garbage problems and mostly the rampant CRZ violations with or
without the active connivance /support by the various authorities who are
appointed by the Government to curb such violations.
This petition is a result of the petitioner having lost faith in the various
authorities where one has to run from pillar to post to get authentic
information regarding the developmental projects coming up in the CRZ areas
and by the fact that all attempts to get such vital information even through
the official Right to Information Act, 2005 are mostly frustrated.
To an ordinary citizen, who would want to respect and/or obey all laws rules
and regulations, openly seeing that corners are being cut everywhere,
rampantly, with total disregard to existing and enforceable laws, rules and
regulations, the only recourse left is to knock on the doors of the
Honourable High Court in the hope that the Honourable Justices will see it
fit if justice in this case is desired or not. Otherwise, it would be better
to disband all laws rules and regulations and let the citizens go about
doing things as they like and as they feel. In that case, the society at
large would have to seek its own level whether it wants to cross the line
into lawlessness or it wants to remain on the side of being an honourable
society adhering to the laws rules and regulations it would formulate to do
just that.
Your Lordships, this petitioner has done whatever that could be done within
the means available to himself and begs to be excused if he is found
wanting. The basic essence of 'common sense' that the laws rules and
regulations existing in this State or in this Country must make has been
lost and it would be the task at your lordship's very hands to restore it
back in its place.
This petition contains nothing but the frustrations of the petitioner with
the regulating authorities who choose to be blind even to the extent when
entire Goa is nothing but a huge hemorrhaging mass well on its way to its
grave.
If hope could resurrect Goa into being a well governed, orderly, peaceful
and harmonious State so that all citizens may live their lives in an orderly
manner, this petitioner would stick to this entity called hope.
End.
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floriano
goasuraj
---- Original Message -----
From: "soter" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2009 11:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Goanet] Goa govt to Goans: "Get lost!"
Rajan Parikar's from the heart comments may be much to the dislike of many
hypocrites. Anything not digestible to the hypocrites is conveniently
labeled BJP just like the controversy over the potrayal of slums in slumdog
millionaire. Our denial of the reality is strong. Goa is precariously poised
at this juncture. On one hand we have the Cidade issue, on the other is the
RP 2021, on another the Panchayat Bill, and the latest is the Notice
inviting Tender for Nuvem NH17 which has just been received. Are Goans
going to be happy producing more toilet paper in the form of memorandums?
Are we only going to be seen doing something by publishing booklets on
R(I)P 2021? or Are we going to put our foot down, come out on the roads not
to return home until this government backs out?
We have really stretched the art of good living beyond bounds whereby we
have have become a society that is senseless and boorish. We seem to have
stretched the idea of diplomacy in our dealings far too much. We sell the
people of Goa by night and walk around town claiming to be social activists
by day. For a social activist to profit from boat cruises the sound ban
needs to be relaxed. Ridiculous! Imagine the height of stupidity in the
comments of some Goans like Emiliano and Rosande on the Cidade issue. Just
because people are going to lose jobs does it mean that the illegal act must
be regularised? When it comes to the interests of elite hypocrites being at
stake everything illegal is justified, but when it comes to the interests of
the poor it remains illegal for years together. Why did the government and
society prevent 4000 prostitutes from Baina from earning their livelihood?
Why does the government keep matka illegal even though it gives employment
and revenue? Even drug smuggling gives employment and generates revenue. If
employment and revenue is the criteria of judging what is right and wrong
then as well legalise everything and let's see what happens. We are
becoming a society worse than Delhi or U.P. We Goans are really sick. Only a
deluge of the magnanimity of that in Koshi of Bihar may help us open our
eyes. God save us from our Pride and idiocy.
-soter
