Se Old Goa panchayat secretary Ashish Naik looks on as a staff pastes the show-cause notice at the construction site of the controversial structure on Monday. Captured by : Manuel Vaz
OLD GOA
The show-cause notice issued by the Se Old Goa panchayat to Sumermal Jain of Corvus Urban Infrastructures LLP, Mumbai returned on grounds that the party had left and was not staying at the address any more.
In light of the development, Panchayat Secretary Ashish Naik and his staff pasted the show-cause notice at the construction site.
“The panchayat had issued the show-cause notice through Registered AD, which however returned with the remark that the party has left the residence. As such, the notice has been pasted at the construction site and the owner is now deemed to have received the show-cause notice and in seven days from now, the panchayat will issue a demolition order,” Naik informed.
However, The Goan understands that the panchayat has to first convene a fortnightly meeting and pass a resolution in this regard, after which the demolition order could be issued.
But with Sarpanch Janita Madkaikar being declared as the BJP’s Cumbarjua candidate, sources informed that she cannot be party to the resolution.
“The option is for the sarpanch to go on leave and hand over the charge to the deputy sarpanch, after which a resolution to issue demolition order could be passed,” the sources stated.
Meanwhile, local Glen Cabral has stated that this is only a delaying tactic employed by the owner.
“The earlier notices were served to the owner. Then, how come this notice was returned?” Cabral posed and stated that there is a deep-rooted conspiracy in the entire issue.
“There is an attempt to delay the demolition of the structure till the elections get over. I earnestly appeal to the voters to vote against the politicians who helped in promoting the illegal structure,” he added.
