PANJIM: Revenue Minister Atanasio ‘Babush’ Monserrate on Friday said that the State government will bring in amendments to the Code of Comunidades and frame rules to give more powers to Comunidades to regularise lands encroached prior to 2014.
Speaking to mediapersons, Monserrate said that Comunidades following amendments, will be given powers to take the decisions regarding these encroachments including fixing of the price for the land. However, minimum price will be prescribed by the Sub-Registrar.
According to Monserrate, Comunidades will only have the power to regularise the encroached land, for regularisation of constructions i.e. houses, the same process as mandated under regularisation of unauthorised structures on any land in Goa will have to be followed, he added.
The Minister further clarified that only land on which residential houses are there will be regularised and not land used for commercial activities.
Panchayats Minister Mauvin Godinho, who was also present, clarified that illegal houses without Enabling House Number (EHN) in village panchayat areas will not be regularised. He said that EHN numbers are temporary house numbers issued to illegal houses for the purpose of collecting various taxes for revenue generation.
During the brief budget session of Goa Assembly held last month, the State government had announced discontinuing with the practice of allocating EHN numbers by village panchayats due to misuse of the provision.
In 2021 the State government had directed village panachayats to issue temporary house numbers to illegal houses for the purpose of collecting various taxes for revenue generation.
