Sandeep Shambhu Arolkar v. the Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority and 3 Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Writ petition dismissed as withdrawn; alternate remedy before National Green Tribunal; Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority Order dated 17.04.2025 declaring structure in Survey No.269/2, Village Mandrem illegal; NGT Appeal No.351/2025 (disposal paragraph refers to Appeal No.151/2025); interim relief/stay of demolition order not considered; NGT final hearing listed 08.06.2026; undertaking of no commercial activity in impugned structure until NGT disposal; writ jurisdiction invoked as NGT not sitting; High Court of Bombay at Goa; Valmiki Menezes and Amit S. Jamsandekar, JJ.; 19th January 2026.
What did the court decide?
Petition dismissed as withdrawn, with liberty to press for interim relief in the pending NGT Appeal (to be considered on its own merits); the Petitioner undertook that until the NGT disposes of the Appeal, no commercial activity would be conducted in the structure which is the subject matter of the demolition Order.