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PANAJI
The State government has assured the Bombay High Court at Goa that it would process the permissions of the private shack owners on their
merits and in accordance with the law.
Hearing a petition filed by the All Goa Private Property Shack/Hut Owners Association, the High Court accepted a statement by the Advocate General that if applications are filed before the GCZMA they “shall be decided on their own merits and in accordance with the law.”
The private property shack owners approached the court alleging that since the NGT had ruled that the no CRZ clearances can be granted until the coastal zone management plan was prepared no permissions could be granted, the Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority was not processing their permissions.
The private property shack owners, prayed before the court that since the High Court set aside the NGT order which had stayed the operation of the shack policy, they should be granted similar relief and sought a direction to the authorities concerned to accept the applications for permission of erection of shacks in private properties and for deciding the applications in a time-bound manner.”
However, the Advocate General assured the court that the GCZMA would entertain applications but warned that the term of the Committee of the GCZMA is expiring by the end of this month and, therefore, some time is required for processing the applications.
The matter has been now kept for November 11.
