Goa, May 29 -- The Goa government has challenged the High Court's decision to read down Section 17(2) of the Town and Country Planning (TCP) Act, 1974, by filing a Special Leave Petition (SLP) in the Supreme Court. The State argues that the High Court's March 13, 2025 order, which struck down the 2023 Rules for rectifying inconsistent zoning in the Regional Plan, severely curtails the government's ability to correct past planning errors and undermines the constitutional separation of powers between the executive and legislature.

The High Court had found the Rules "ultra vires," noting they lacked clarity on the circumstances warranting zoning corrections and relied on vague guidelines. The government's SLP contends this interpretation re...