Jt Mamlatdars to hear tenancy, mundkar cases every Saturday
In a welcome decision, the North Goa District Collector has appointed joint Mamlatdars to hear and decide pending tenancy and mundkar cases every Saturday.
The Goan Network
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An order to this effect was issued by the north Goa Collector after receiving instructions from Revenue Minister Rohan Khaunte. South Goa Collector will also issue a similar order next week. As per order, for Tiswadi joint mamlatdar 1, Bardez joint mamlatdar 1 & 6 and for Pernem, Sattari and Bicholim joint Mamlatdar 1 will hear and decide tenancy and mundkar cases. Nearly 3,300 tenancy & hundreds of mundkar cases are currently pending. The last government had amended the Goa Tenancy Act and transferred all pending cases to civil judges. But after opposition, Parrikar-govt again amended the Act to hand cases to mamlatdar court. Faced with the target of disposing pending cases within next few months, mamlatdars will now have to work six days a week to hold special courts every Saturday.
The Directorate of Official Languages (DOL) and Goa Konkani Academy (GKA) have been set up to promote local languages, but officials from the two bodies have sparring over funds allotted to GKA to promote Konkani language.
The Goan Network
Published Oct 15, 2017, 8:02 PM IST
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PANAJI: While former GKA president Madhav Borkar accused the DOL of failing to release funds for programmes in 2015 and 2016, the DOL has hit back and claimed that the money was returned to the government after the GKA had not utilised the funds.Borkar accused the DOL for not sanctioning funds and as a result, programs, drama festival and the awards could not be presented for two years."The DOL is responsible for this mess. Government funds are utilized for GKA staff…