Goa, Aug. 27 -- In a significant development, the South Goa District Court has quashed the order of disqualification issued by the Salcete Block Development Officer (BDO) against four members of the Rumdamol Panchayat.

The order, passed by Additional District and Sessions Judge Pooja Kavlekar, found serious flaws in the reasoning behind the BDO's decision. The judge pointed out that the BDO's order lacked independent reasoning and appeared to be a verbatim copy of one party's written submissions, even reproducing grammatical errors.

Despite setting aside the disqualification, the legal battle is far from over. The court has remanded the matter back to the Salcete BDO, directing a fresh hearing and review of the written arguments. Procee...