PANAJI
The Goa Legislative Assembly on Thursday passed an amendment to the City of Panaji Corporation Act, 2002 which provides a deeming provision for applications made for construction of buildings.
The Bill piloted by Urban Development Minister Vishwajit Rane claims it seeks to curtail the delay in granting sanction for erection or re-erection of buildings and promote implementation of Guidelines for Business Reforms Action Plan (BRAP) to grant impetus to Ease of Doing Business.
The deeming clause is triggered if the Commissioner or other competent authority delays for more than sixty days in responding to the request for construction.
Meanwhile another bill piloted by Rane to amend the Goa Municipalities Act providing the same deeming provision in relation to all other civic bodies of the State was also passed by the House on Thursday.
The bill, incidentally also increases the number of wards of all ‘A’ Class municipalities in the State from the current 25 to 27.
The Bill proposes to amend Section 9 of the Goa Municipalities Act, 1968 (Goa Act 7 of 1969) so as to increase the number of wards in ‘A’ Class Municipal Councils.
The Bill also proposes to amend section 188 of the said Act so as to curtail delay in granting completion certificate, permission to occupy or use and to promote implementation of Guidelines for Business Reforms Action Plan (BRAP) to grant impetus to Ease of Doing Business in the State.
