Goa, June 17 -- With elections for new managing committees failing to take place across 30 comunidade bodies in South Goa, the government has initiated proceedings to declare these institutions as 'Comunidade in Default'-a move that could result in the loss of administrative control by stakeholders for the next three years.

The South Goa Administrator of Comunidades, Abhijeet Nikam, has issued individual notices to all 30 affected comunidades, asking them to explain why they should not be declared defaulters. The notices cite a lack of quorum during the scheduled election period from December 8, 2024, to January 19, 2025, as the reason for the failed electoral process. This failure was officially recorded by the Presiding Officers appoin...