Team Herald
PANJIM: The Bombay High Court at Goa has directed the Calangute police to seal within next two days the entry and exit points of a road built in the paddy fields/command area at Agarwado, Calangute.
The High Court had earlier stayed all further construction work being carried out in the command area at Calangute in Survey Nos 344/1,2,3,4,5,6 and 7 and Survey Nos. 343/1, 2,3 and 346/1 by filling up low-lying paddy field and to seal the entry and exit points to the illegally built road in the paddy fields.
On Friday, the division bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice B P Deshpande directed the Calangute police and the North Goa SP to ensure strict compliance of the interim order dated August 20, 2024 and to immediately seal the entry and exit points of the road passing through the paddy field.
Though Additional Government Advocate Pravin Faldessai told the police were ensuring the compliance of the interim order passed by the Court last month, the petitioner’s counsel Adv Rohit Bras De Sa disputed it and produced photographs depicting a vehicle parked under a shade and stated that the road was not sealed and was still in use.
The petitioner Vinal Diukar had stated that the road was built without obtaining NOC from the Command Board and had prayed to remove the illegal road built by filling up low-lying paddy fields and to restore the low-lying paddy fields to its original condition.
Calangute police stated that they have already deputed the beat police constables to maintain a watch on the place. “We have issued notices to the petitioners, reespondents, panchayat and others to be present at the site on Monday,” said PI Somnath Majik.