PORVORIM: After omitting the controversial sunset clause from the Goa Agriculture Tenancy Act, the State government is now open to reviewing the amendment on ‘dispute redressal by courts’ by sending back the cases to mamlatdar for settlement and disposal.
Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar told the State Legislative Assembly that the government is open to reviewing the Tenancy Act, after studying the outcome of the cases referred to civil courts for settlements. “We were always open for revision. Earlier, we had omitted the sunset clause and now we can study the dispute redressal by court amendment,” he said.
“Let us wait for a year and check what is the outcome of the court,” Parsekar said responding to the demand made by Leader of Opposition Pratapsing Rane that government should revert to its old system and send tenancy cases back to mamlatdar. Rane pointed out that outcome of the most of the cases before court is against the tenants.
The chief minister said that post the amendment in 2014, it took nearly nine months for the government to transfer all tenancy cases to the court. “If we now decide to revert, it will take another nine to ten months to get it back to mamlatdar. Let us wait for a year,” he said.
