Goemkarponn desk
VASCO: Despite the court case, the Outline Development Plan (ODP) 2030 for the Vasco planning area in the official gazette was notified, which the Mormugao Planning and Development Authority approved.
The notification in the official gazette stated that the public notice that the ODP 2030 for the area shall come into operation immediately.
The ODP 2030 shall be subject to provisions of ‘The Goa Land Development and Building Construction Regulations, 2010 ‘ as amended from time to time, the notice further adds. The ODP 2030 is also available for the public to see at the Mormugao PDA office as well as the Office of Town Planner, Branch office Mormugao Taluka.
When contacted, Ashok Kumar, member secretary of MPDA, said that as per the High court decision on December 15, the High Court said that there is no stay on the ODP, and only then we have sent it for notification. “The advocate telephonically informed us that the High Court has not granted stay on the OD; thereforee, we; can notif,y ODP in the official gazette” Kumar added.
The High Court of Bombay at Goa issued notices on a public interest litigation (PIL) writ petition filed by NGO Goa Foundation and villagers from Chicalim, challenging the legality of the Vasco Land Use Register and Map (LURM) adopted by the Mormugao Planning and Development Authority (MPDA).
Chicalim Bio-Crusaders convenor Cyril Fernandes said that the PIL writ petition challenged the resolution of the MPDA adopting the LURM for the Vasco planning area notified in the Goa Gazette dated December 5, 2019, under Section 27 of the Goa Town and Country Planning (TCP) Act, 1974.
“The Land Use and Map exercise has been purportedly carried out pursuant to an illegal order dated December 28, 2018, issued by the MPDA to the Chief Town Planner (Planning) of TCP Department. The impugned order requires the respondent authorities to prepare a Land Use Register in connection with the modification of the Vasco Development Plan (ODP) in force,” said Fernandes, who is also one of the petitioners.
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