PANJIM: Governor Mridula Sinha has given her assent to the ordinance related to extension of the deadline to accept applications for regularising illegal structures on private properties by another month. 

A 30-day extension has been given for individuals to apply for regularisation of illegal structures that have been built on private land.

The Goa Regularisation of Unauthorised Construction Act, which came into force about a year and a half ago, allows genuine structures existing before February 28, 2014, to be considered for regularisation. The scrutiny of 4,500 applications received by the government —1,700 from North Goa and 2,800 from South Goa—has begun.

The Goa Regularisation of Unauthorised Construction Act also imposes a number of conditions for regularization.