PANJIM: The petitioner on Wednesday agreed to demolish a portion of his house as per the order of the Socorro panchayat within next six months since he was residing in the same house.
While hearing a writ petition, the High Court of Bombay at Goa asked the petitioner Gajanan Chari to place on record the report/plan of the architect/engineer within next three weeks, so that portion which is ‘illegal’ could be saved.
The Court also asked the Socorro village panchayat to only submit the compliance report after the expiry of six months and granted liberty to the petitioner to approach the concerned authority for regularisation of the remaining structure.
In October last year, the Socorro village panchayat had to postpone demolition of Chari’s house following a stay by the District Court at the last minute.
The demolition squad had to return back after the villagers and the activists alleged that the Socorro village panchayat was selectively targeting Chari when there were many other illegal houses in the village.
