Team Herald
PANJIM: The High Court of Bombay at Goa has pulled up the Serula Comunidade for failing to take over unauthorised premises, illegally constructed on the plot. Incidentally, these were allegedly earlier occupied and operated by former Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar, some bureaucrats and others.
The Comunidade, during the hearing of a petition, claimed it will have the powers only after filing a civil suit to which the court categorically observed that it allowed people involved in the case to illegally occupy the premises but wants to move legal way now to take possession of these.
The High Court had last year directed Parulekar and the other two accused Peter Martins, then attorney of Comunidade of Serula and Irene Sequeira, then Administrator of Comunidade of Bardez to face trial for offences under Sections 119, 120, 420 read with 120-B of the Indian Penal Code.
The Mapusa JMFC on January 16, 2014 had directed the Porvorim Police to register an FIR against the persons accused of land grab and abetting the crime. The investigation was later handed over to the Crime Branch.
