CANACONA: Acting on the directives of the
high court of Bombay at Goa
, Canacona municipality on Friday sealed a
restaurant and resort
at
Nagorcem-Palolem
.
The court had directed the municipality's chief officer and the South Goa deputy collector to seal the restaurant and resort, operating at two different locations in the paddy fields, within two days.
The municipality team led by
chief officer Mangaldas Gaonkar
sealed both the properties - the restaurant situated near
Patnem
along the
Manohar Parrikar bypass road
and the resort located at the entrance of
Palolem village
.
Earlier, the report to the court stated that the municipality had attempted to inspect the constructions, but were prevented from completing the task. Hence, in March the HC had directed the police to assist the municipality in this regard.
When the case came up for hearing on Thursday, advocate Marie Pereira representing the municipality said that the council had not issued any permissions for the structures.
The municipality has issued a show-cause notice, but no reply was filed by the operators. In March, the HC had granted the parties an opportunity to file an affidavit, or produce permissions regarding the structures in question.
If the parties had any permissions/licences, these would have been immediately produced before the court, the HC observed.
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