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The Bombay High Court at Goa disposed as infructuous a petition filed by the Camarcasanacho Bundh Tenants Association of Camarkhazan Mapusa, who had challenged the Downtown Planning Scheme that was part of the Mapusa ODP.
The disposal order came after government filed an affidavit enclosing an order issued by the Chief Town Planner for revision of the Mapusa ODP. As of the date of the order, the notified TPS in the Mapusa ODP has ceased to exist.
The PIL filed by the Camarcasan Bundh Tenants Association and the Goa Foundation challenged the Town Planning Scheme notified under the ODP of Mapusa on 28.11.2016.
The PIL was filed by the Tenants Association and the Goa Foundation to challenge the demarcation of land assigned for Town Planning Schemes (TPS) for Mapusa as shown in the notified Outline Development Plan of Mapusa 2021
The ODP had marked large tracts of agricultural and khazan land to be diverted for non-agricultural purposes, an activity not permitted by law. The PIL alleged that if these land use changes are allowed, Mapusa city would lose more than 80% of its agri lands. Further, part of the area under the TPS II which is khazan area was protected and categorised as a No Development Zone under CRZ Notification 2011 when the ODP was notified.
