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Govt reminded on expert panel to review TCP Act

Herald
10 July 2010

The Goa Bachao Abhiyan said the Government continues to flip flop on its assurances and till date it has failed to constitute an expert committee headed by the Secretary (Town and Country Planning) for reviewing and replacing the defunct TCP Act 1974.

In a letter addressed to the Chief Minister, GBA bitterly complained there has been no notification in the Official Gazette about the constitution of the much-assured expert committee.

The letter reminded that the replacement of the TCP Act 1974 with a new model TCP Act circulated by the Government of India was envisioned through an appropriate review by the said committee that would also have eminent lawyers and legal officers of Law and Legislative departments assisted by officers of the TCP department and members of the civil society organisations involved in legal/planning processes.

It made a case with the to-be-formed review committee for deleting the vagaries of the current act stating the same encouraged opportunism such as amendments to Sections 16 & 16A of the Goa TCP Act, 1974 made in 2008.

To this effect, the letter urged the CM, to include in the committee, besides lawyers and Government servants, prominent members of civil society who have a record of public service in the area of Panchayati Raj, modern methods of planning, environment, architecture, civil engineering and civil laws relating to land ownership, tenancy, rent control and other similar aspects relating to land use.

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