GIDC needs time to reply

Hearing adjourned as GIDC seeks time to file reply
HERALD REPORTERPANJIM, JULY 18 –
Hearing on the writ pleas filed by the villagers of Sancoale, Verna and Keri-Ponda was today adjourned till September 8 as the Goa Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) sought time to file its reply.
The villagers through three different writ petitions, filed before the Bombay High Court at Goa last week, have challenged the land allotment to developers of the Special Economic Zone (SEZs) in the State. The allotment of land has been challenged on grounds that GIDC transferred the land in gross violation of law and transactions were executed in “most high-handed manner”.
Allotment was made without putting up an advertisement or calling for tenders or auctioning the land to the highest bidder, the petitioners alleged. Hearing on petitions of Meditab Specialities Pvt Ltd, and K Raheja Corporation Pvt Ltd, was also adjourned for September 8. Both SEZ developers are before the Court over show cause notices issued by GIDC threatening to revoke lease deeds and take back the land by refunding the premium, interest and leased rent paid.
The High Court had granted temporary relief in the form of status quo on the show cause notices issued to K Raheja Corporation Pvt Ltd. K Raheja Corporation Pvt Ltd, was the first to move Court with respect to show cause notice issued by GIDC.