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Published • Panaji, India • Updated

HC strikes down section of Goa Town and Country Planning Act, calls it private interest-driven

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Panaji, March 14 (PTI) The Goa Bench of Bombay High Court has struck down a section of the Town and Country Planning Act, 1974, that allowed the creation of zones within zones, holding that it was concerned with private land owners’ interests.Three citizen organisations had filed a public interest litigation (PIL) in the HC contending that section 17 (2) of the Act was “mutilating” the Regional Plan. Notified in March 2023, the section was aimed…
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HC Struck Down Controversial Section in Town and Country Planning Act

Panaji: The Goa Bench of the Bombay High Court on Thursday struck down the rules and guidelines enabling the operation of Section 17(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act, 1974, which had empowered the department to create zones within zones. The petition was filed before the HC by a group of litigants who had observed that the operation of Section 17(2) of the TCP Act, 1974… Source

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HC strikes down section of Goa Town and Country Planning Act, calls it private interest-driven

Panaji, March 14 (PTI) The Goa Bench of Bombay High Court has struck down a section of the Town and Country Planning Act, 1974, that allowed the creation of zones within zones, holding that it was concerned with private land owners’ interests.Three citizen organisations had filed a public interest litigation (PIL) in the HC contending that section 17 (2) of the Act was “mutilating” the Regional Plan. Notified in March 2023, the section was aimed…

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Govt to move SC: TCP Minister

Special Correspondent Panaji Minister for Town and Country Planning (TCP) Vishwajit Rane on Thursday said the state government will approach the Supreme Court next week challenging the order of the High Court of Bombay at Goa as regards Section 17(2) of the Town and CountryPlanning Act. “Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi will represent the state in the case, and we have already briefed him,” he said. Addressing a press conference, Rane said the High…

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