The State government has tabled the Goa Agricultural Tenancy (Amendment) Bill, 2017, with a view to undo the amendments that were brought in by the previous BJP government.
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The amendments will once again make the mamlatdars the authorities to decide the cases filed by tenants under the Goa Agricultural Tenancy Act, 1964. The tabled amendments also seek to yet again give powers to the Collector and the Administrative Tribunal to function as the appellate courts. Significantly, the amended bill also seeks to insert a new section 60C in the Act in order to fix the time limit for disposal of the applications within a period of three years from the date of their filing or from the date of the receipt from the Court of the Senior Civil Judge, as the case may be. The previous BJP government, also led by Manohar Parrikar, had introduced amendments to the Goa Agricultural Tenancy Act to transfer all the pending cases to the court of the Senior Civil Judge.
Panchayat Minister Mauvin Godinho promised to act against errant panchayat secretaries and restore the pride of the elected panchayat members, after allegegations came to the fore that often it was the secretary who was running the panchayat and not the elected members.
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Published Jul 29, 2017, 4:29 AM IST
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PANAJI Replying to the discussion on demands for grants to the panchayat department, Godinho said that he would create a special vigilance cell to keep an eye on these panchayat secretaries to see if they are acquiring assets that are beyond their known source of income. "I agree to the opposition charge that in some cases it is a secretary that runs a panchayat. I will be very serious about this. If needed I will bring in a law. I am constantly inquiring into such cases. I…
