Govt, senior officers deny hill slope or hill cutting at Reis Magos site

HIGH COURT SEEKS SWORN REPLY FROM DEPUTY TOWN PLANNER IN 2 WEEKS

- THE GOAN | NETWORK

The High Court of Bombay at Goa refrained from granting any immediate relief in a petition alleging rampant hill cutting at Reis Magos, after the State and senior government officers submitted that no illegal activity was found at the construction site.

At the same time, the Division Bench of Justice Suman Shyam and Justice Amit Jamsandekar made it clear that the matter was still under judicial investigation and directed the Deputy Town Planner (Bardez) Jaidev Aldonkar to place a detailed affidavit within two weeks, warning of consequences for noncompliance.

The observations were made during the ongoing hearing of a Writ Petition filed by the Milroc Vista Do Mar Cooperative Housing Maintenance Society Ltd and others, alleging large-scale hill cutting in Survey No. 95/1-C-2 at Reis Magos.