MARGAO: The High Court of Bombay at Goa has restrained the developers of a residential project at Candola, Ponda, from entering into fresh agreements or creating third-party rights in apartments on the third and fourth floors of the building.
The division bench comprising Justices Valmiki Menezes and Amit S Jamsandekar passed the September 22 order after accepting an undertaking from the developers that they would not execute fresh agreements or create third-party rights in respect of the two upper floors until the next hearing on October 27.
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The project, challenged by the Shantadurga Devlay Residents Association and the Goa Foundation, was initially cleared as a ground-plus-one building with four flats. A revised permission granted in January 2026 allowed a ground-plus-four building with 20 flats, based on enhanced floor area ratio (FAR) and additional building height provisions.
The enhanced FAR and height provisions under which the revised permission was granted are themselves under challenge before the High Court.
In an earlier order in the wider case, the court had directed the Town and Country Planning Board to inform applicants about the pending challenge and make permissions subject to its outcome. The court had also directed that applicants whose permissions were granted should not claim any equities in their favour.
Meanwhile, the TCP Board, at its meeting in February, decided to halt the grant of such FAR increases and height relaxations pending the introduction of revised regulations.
The Candola case is part of the wider challenge over enhanced FAR and building height permissions and is listed for hearing on October 27.
