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Allotment not according to comunidade code: Officer

Former joint secretary home, who conducted an inquiry into the dealings of the Serula land grab case has testified before the North Goa Sessions Judge Irshad Agha that allotment of 599 sq metres of land was not in accordance with the Code of Comunidades.


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The Bombay High Court at Goa too while disposing a petition filed by Trajano D’Mello had ruled that the allotment was illegal and that the land should be restored to its original condition.  
Srinet Kotwale who has been appointed as inquiry officer by the Government to probe various irregularities pertaining to the Serula Comunidade was deposing in the cheating and land grab case against then Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar.   
Judge Agha will now on May 8 hear arguments by Adv Aires Rodrigues and decide whether process should be issued against Parulekar and the other two accused Peter Martins, then attorney of Comunidade of Serula and Irene Sequeira, then Administrator of Comunidade of Bardez.  
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Tense moments at Vasco public hearing

Confusion prevailed at the public hearing at Vasco on Wednesday over the proposed plans to increase the terminal capacity of Berth 5A and 6A at Mormugao Port Trust (MPT).

The Goan Network
Published Apr 27, 2017, 5:48 AM IST
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VASCO: The proceedings came to a brief halt after two-and-half hours when Terrance George of Bambolim questioned why the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) did not circulate the draft EIA report of the proposed project in local languages (Konkani/Marathi) to all the villages within the 10-km radius of the project. George stated that GSPCB has violated the EIA norms of EIA notification by not circulating the report in local languages and to the villages within the…

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