X. PROCEDURE FOR ALLOTMENT OF COMUNIDADE LAND (PLOT) BY AUCTION/WITHOUT AUCTION :-
1. A list of vacant plots are published in the Government Gazette by the Administrator in the month of January every year. 2. Any person who is eligible and desirous of obtaining a plot may apply to the Administrator of Comunidades, alongwith the process fees. 3. On receipt of such application, the Secretary of the office of the Administrator will issue a notice published in two successive Government Gazettes calling for objections within a period of 30 days from the second publication. 4. The Secretary issues a Certificate, as to the vacancy of the land irrespective of any objections received or not. 5. The file is then sent to the respective Comunidades alongwith objections received, if any for obtaining the opinion of the Comunidade and the Managing Committee within a period of 30 days. 6. On obtaining the opinion of the Comunidade and the Managing Committee, on the application, the file is then returned back to the Administrator's office for completion of further formalities. 7. If the application is for allotment of plot by auction the notice fixing the date of auction is published in the Official Gazzette and two daily local newspapers (one in English and one in Marathi) by the Administrator , after ascertaining the market value of the land. 8. Any eligible person, fulfilling the conditions laid down by the Administrator, can participate in the auction on the appointed date and time. The plot is allotted to the highest bidder, after obtaining deposit of one year's lease rent. 9. The file alongwith all the required documents and completion of all the procedure as listed out in the prescribed checklist is then sent to the office of the Collector/D.C.A 10. If the application is for allotment of plot without auction after complying with all formalities upto point No. 7 above, the Administrator alongwith the appraiser valuers (in case appointed) and the Attorney and Clerk of the Comunidades, carries out the inspection of the plot, demarcates the land and fixes the market value of the said land. Thereafter the file is referred to the Collector /D.C.A. as per point No. 9 above. 11. The office of the Collector/D.C.A. scrutinizes the file and if found in order, submits it to the Government for approval and decision thereon under Article 335 of the Code of Comunidade. The process for allotment of Comunidade plot is completed only after obtaining approval from Government. 12. After obtaining approval of Government the file is then returned to the respective Comunidade for handing over the provisional possession of the plot to the highest bidder/applicant. 13. The allottee, on taking over such possession of the plot, has to complete all formalities of obtaining necessary permissions and has to complete the construction, occupying an area of 1/5 of the total area , within 4 years ( extended to one year, if applied in time) from the date of allotment, failing which the plot will be reverted back to the Comunidade. XXI. ELIGIBILITY OF PERSONS FOR ALLOTMENT OF COMUNIDADE LAND BY AUCTION :- 1. A landless and homeless person can participate in any auction of the plots belonging to any commuidade where he desires to construct a house. 2. At the time of auction, the applicant is required to produce a certificate (swear an affidavit) stating the applicant, the applicant's spouse, and their minor children do not own any house or land within the state of Goa. XXII. CATEGORIES OF PERSONS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR ALLOTMENT OF COMUNIDADE LAND WITHOUT THE FORMALITIES OF AUCTION :- 1. Public Charitable or Religious Institutions. 2. Any schemes providing housing to the economically weaker sections. 3. Small Scale Industrial Purposes. 4. Government Departments or local bodies. 5. Co-operative Housing Societies and landless persons. 6. Government Servants who are landless. 7. Employees of Comunidades who are landless. 8. Landless Joneiros 9. Landless Freedom Fighters. 10.Landless Ex- Servicemen of Goan Origin of the State of Goa and their widows. 11. Landless Sportsmen of Goan Origin of the State of Goa 12. Landless employees of the High Court of the Jurisdiction at Bombay, Goa Bench, Panaji and who were employees of the erstwhile Court of the Judicial Commissioner, Panaji 13. Such other categories or purposes as may be notified by the Government from time to time. The Comunidade may grant on lease 1000 sq. mts. of land to Educational Societies f or construction of playground and to the Institutions of Public Utility and the Association of public bodies recognised by the Government for construction of houses. The Comunidade may also grant not more than 400 sq. mts. of land for construction of house or building without formalities of auction the above mentioned categories or purposes http://74.125.153.132/search?q=cache:tW6Qq9N3OWcJ:northgoa.gov.in/charter.pdf+District+Magistrate+number+North+Goa&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=in&client=firefox-a
