Margaret Fernandes v. State of Goa, Thr. Its Chief Secretary and 4 Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Margaret Fernandes v. State of Goa thr. Chief Secretary & 4 others, WP 84 of 2025, High Court of Bombay at Goa, decided 17-09-2025 by Valmiki Menezes, J. Keywords: ex-parte order of stay; Director of Panchayats (DOP); reasons for interim/stay orders; regularization of unauthorized construction; Town Planner report dated 05.06.2018 (Exhibit K); inadequate setback; plot dimensions, arrangements and accessibility; demolition notice; construction licence; technical clearances; Town Planning Department; hearing on 30.09.2025; disposal preferably by 21.11.2025; petition disposed of with directions.
What did the court decide?
Petition disposed of with directions to the DOP to consider the Town Planner's report dated 05.06.2018 and the absence of construction licence/technical clearances, advance arguments on 30.09.2025, dispose of the matter preferably by 21.11.2025, and consider all contentions raised by the parties.