TUESDAY, MAY 07, 2024
PANJIM, APRIL 5
The Bombay High Court at Goa on Monday adjourned hearing in all SEZ matters till April 15.
The writ petitions filed challenging the show cause notices issued by Goa Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) against SEZ promoters for vacating lands allotted to them in industrial estates after the State government dumped SEZ policy due to protest by people were listed for hearing for Monday.
However, hearing was deferred till April 15 with a division Bench comprising Justices S J Vazifdar and U D Salvi making it clear that Court will also hear Public Interest Litigations (PILs) pertaining to SEZs along with petitions of SEZ stakeholders.
The PIL have been filed by villagers of Keri, Sancoale and Verna, challenging GIDC's decision to allot land in their respective villages on lease agreements to SEZ promoters. They have charged that GIDC fraudulently allotted land to SEZs.
On the other hand SEZ promoters -- Meditab Specialities Pvt Ltd, Peninsular Pharma Research Centre Pvt Ltd, Paradigm Logistic & Distribution Private Ltd, Planetview Mercantile Company Pvt Ltd, Inox Mercantile Company Pvt Ltd, and Maxgrow Finlease Pvt Ltd, are before High Court as they do not want to part with huge tracks of prime land allotted to them by GIDC o them by GIDC at nominal price of prime land allotted at nominal price even as purpose for which land was allotted does not exist any more.
On June 15, 2009 the State government withdrew SEZ policy after cabinet decision.
