Goemkarponn desk
PANAJI: Old Goa Panchayat today has revoked the license issued to the controversial structure in the heritage zone.
“Today we held a meeting, we have revoked the license issued to the said structure; now we will hold an inspection at the site with an architect and then go ahead with the process of demolition,” said Sarpanch Janita Madkaikar.
She further said that if the said concerned party challenges our order, the Panchayat is ready to fight it out in the court and see that the structure is demolished.
The Town and Country Planning (TCP) Department issued the revocation order, taking back technical clearance granted on October 18, 2016, to Jose Maria de Gouveia de Pinto, erstwhile owner of the land. The order stated that construction on the plot in Ella village is stopped.
The technical clearance was sought in the name of Pinto, the erstwhile owner, who sold 2400 sq m of the land to Survarna Lotlikar, wife of former Goa Forward Party treasurer Suraj Lotlikar, and 9,500 sq m to Manish Munot, husband of BJP spokesperson Shaina NC.
The controversy surrounding the construction of the allegedly illegal bungalow near the St. Cajetan Church in Old Goa erupted some months back and prompted civil society protests ahead of the 2022 Assembly polls.
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