PANAJI
Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has asked the legislators cutting across party lines to share the data on illegal structures on government property as the State Assembly passed The Goa Regularization of Unauthorized Construction (amendment) Bill 2023 on Wednesday.
During a discussion on the motion of consideration of the Bill, the Opposition benches pointed out several unauthorized structures in their respective constituencies prompting the CM to seek details. “Give me the details. I will inquire into the matter,” he assured.
The Bill, which was subsequently passed in the House, allows 90 days for filing of applications seeking regularization of unauthorized constructions under the Act to the persons who could not file their applications within the time limit specified in the said law.
The Act was enacted to make a provision for the regularization of unauthorized constructions carried out in certain lands in the State before February 28, 2014. The original time limit for filing applications was 180 days, which was subsequently extended to 210 days. Thereafter, on September 18, 2018, another 30 days time period was given for filing such applications, which expired on October 18, 2018.
