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Regional Plan ordinance an âeyewashâ: Parrikar
BY HERALD REPORTER
PANJIM, FEB 7 â It looks like the controversy over Regional Plan (RP) 2011 has not yet ended. The Leader of Opposition, Manohar Parrikar today charged that the ordinance issued by the State Government on February 5, amending the Goa Town and Country Planning Act, 1994 facilitating withdrawal of RP with retrospective effective is in fact is âdefectiveâ.
Addressing a press conference, here, he alleged that the Ordinance is an âeyewashâ and brought out in a suspicious way and in tie-up with buildersâ lobby.
He said that use of word âwithdrawalâ does not allow de-notification of Plan from retrospective effect and the illegality of the ordinance will come to light only in the Court when affected parties will go in appeal. âThe court will strike it down as bad law,â he predicted.
According to Parrikar use of the word âwithdrawnâ in legal terms does not allow the take back powers that have been already used. He said, instead of âwithdrawnâ use of ârescind or revokeâ would have been more apt.
He suggested government should issue fresh ordinance by engaging services of top most lawyer/solicitor who will able to draft legally perfect ordinance.
Where is the government? -: Critisising the government over its handling of yesterdayâs college studentsâ agitation in the city when traffic was paralysed for almost three to four hours, Parrikar said, no senior officer came on visit even as traffic remained blocked for hours due to agitating students.
He also criticised government over manhandling of girl students by cops.
The government has not been able to resolve number of issue âPWDâs 1800 contractors will be going on strike in the next few days â following which there will be an agitation by nursing staff whose demands have not been met by the government. Government is indifferent while Goa is burning, stated Parrikar. Lashing out at Education Minister Luizinho Faleiro, Parrikar charged that students agitation is creation of Faleiro who wants to divert peopleâs attention
