Domnic Furtado (St) and 11 Ors. v. Margao Muncipal Council through Its Chief Officer

Bombay HC22 Jan 2026CP/5/2026

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What is this about?

Margao Municipal Council contempt petition disposed of on undertaking: withdrawal of office memorandum dated 28.11.2025; implementation of paragraph 20 of High Court judgment dated 04.08.2025; payment of difference in payment within four weeks; undertaking accepted; leave to withdraw granted; Registry to waive office objections and register CP 5 of 2026; High Court of Bombay at Goa; Valmiki Menezes and Amit S. Jamsandekar, JJ.; 22 January 2026.

What did the court decide?

Leave granted to the Petitioners to withdraw the Contempt Petition; the respondent's statement, accepted as an undertaking, to withdraw the office memorandum dated 28.11.2025, give effect to paragraph 20 of the judgment dated 04.08.2025, and pay the difference in payment within four weeks. ¶¶19

Domnic Furtado (St) and 11 Ors. vs Margao Muncipal Council through Its Chief Officer — Bombay HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether the respondent (Margao Municipal Council) should withdraw its office memorandum dated 28.11.2025 and give effect to the directions in paragraph 20 of this Court's judgment dated 04.08.2025, including payment of the difference in payment.

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Ratio / Principle

The Court accepted, as an undertaking to the Court, the statement of the respondent's counsel made on instructions from the Chief Officer present in Court, namely that the office memorandum dated 28.11.2025 would be withdrawn, that the directions in paragraph 20 of the judgment dated 04.08.2025 would be given effect to, and that the difference in payment would be paid within four weeks.

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Key takeaways

Leave was granted to the Contempt Petitioners, on instructions, to withdraw the Petition.ratio¶¶18
The Contempt Petition stands disposed of accordingly, following the recorded undertaking and the withdrawal by the petitioners.ratio¶¶19
The Registry was directed to waive the office objections and register the Contempt Petition.obiter

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Contempt Petition (CP 5 of 2026), Domnic Furtado (ST) & 11 Ors. v. Margao Municipal Council through its Chief Officer (High Court of Bombay at Goa; Valmiki Menezes & Amit S. Jamsandekar, JJ.; 22.01.2026): Counsel for the respondent, on instructions from the Chief Officer who was present in Court, stated that the office memorandum dated 28.11.2025 would be withdrawn, that the directions of the Court contained in paragraph 20 of its judgment dated 04.08.2025 would be given effect to, and that the difference in payment would be paid within four weeks. The Court accepted the statement as an undertaking; the petitioners thereupon sought and were granted leave to withdraw the petition, which stood disposed of. The Registry was also directed to waive office objections and register the petition. No amount was quantified and no statute or precedent was cited in the order.

Domnic Furtado (St) and 11 Ors. v. Margao Muncipal Council through Its Chief Officer

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