Team Herald
PANJIM: Revenue Minister Atanasio ‘Babush’ Monserrate on Wednesday said that Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has directed District Collectors to ensure that special Mamlatdars are put in place within a week, especially in those talukas where the pendency of mundkarial and tenancy cases are highest.
It may be recalled that the government had decided to expedite the process of appointing special Mamlatdars to exclusively deal with over 4,500 mundkar and tenancy cases.
Monserrate said that Mamlatdars will hold hearings even on Saturdays for timely disposal of the cases. “We have set a one-year target to dispose off the pending cases and we are confident to achieve it,” he said.
The Revenue department has asked District Collectors to ensure that the cases pending for more than three years are disposed of by holding a day-to-day hearing. The Additional Collectors are also directed to submit a weekly report on the status of cases to the Secretary (Revenue).
Nearly 4,500 cases filed under Goa, Daman and Diu Agricultural Tenancy Act, 1964 and the Goa, Daman and Diu Mundkars (Protection from Eviction) Act, 1975 are pending in various revenue courts for the last 10 to 15 years.
Monserrate said that the special Mamlatdars will exclusively deal with mundkar and tenancy court matters while the law and order situation will be handled by other Mamlatdars.
The Revenue department has made it clear that no more than three adjournments in any particular case should be granted till its final disposal and the next date of hearing fixed should not ordinarily be exceeding 10 days and the final judgment and orders are delivered by the revenue court within a period of 30 days from the date of hearing of the final arguments.
