PANAJI
The State government on Monday notified new law that paves the way for comunidades to regain the possession of land if it is not used for the stated purpose.
The Goa Legislative Diploma No. 2070, introduced and passed in the recently concluded winter session of the State Assembly, was notified on Monday. The legislation inserts a new provision, Article 31A(2).
The new provision grants powers to the administrator of comunidades to issue a show-cause notice to the allottee or the person holding the land, and then pass an order for the reversion of land to the comunidade.
"The Bill seeks to make provision for empowering the Administrator of Comunidade to revert a land to the Comunidade if it is used for a purpose other than for which it was granted, with the approval of the Government," the notification stated.
The amendment also states that no authority, including the town and country planning department, municipal councils, or village panchayats, can issue NOCs for construction on a plot of comunidade land once the land has been reverted to the comunidade.
According to the amendment, the Administrator of Comunidade, during the pendency of the proceedings before it shall pass an order restraining the change of use of such land for any purpose other than the purpose for which the land was so granted.
"On passing such order by the Administrator of Comunidade, noauthority including Town and Country Planning Department, Planning and Development Authority, Municipal Council, Village Panchayat or City of Panaji Corporation shall issue any permission//clearance/approval/No Objection Certificate for such land," it said.
