Goa, June 25 -- The Town and Country Planning (TCP) Department issued 141 technical clearances and 745 zoning certificates, resulting in the conversion of a total of 16,94,115 square metres of land from the Regional Plan 2021 to the final Outline Development Plan (ODP), based on a circular dated December 22, 2022, and an Ordinance promulgated in February last year.

On Monday, the High Court of Bombay at Goa quashed and set aside the circular dated December 15, 2022, and the executive order of August 22, 2024, which had brought into effect two ODPs for the five coastal villages of Calangute, Candolim, Parra, Arpora and Nagoa.

The Court, however, granted a four-week stay on the operation of its order, allowing the respondent - the TCP Dep...