Goa, Dec. 6 -- The Office of the President of India has intervened in the Xeldem land-grab controversy, directing the Revenue Department of Goa to take urgent action.Acting on a complaint filed by Vishal Ulhas Gauns Dessai and Aditya Raut Dessai, Under Secretary (Revenue-II) Agnelo D'Souza has forwarded the matter to the Collector, South Goa, instructing an examination and "further necessary action."

The communication, dated November 28, 2025 (letter P2/G/202509114024), confirms that the President's Secretariat has taken cognisance of allegations of land grabbing and illegal construction in Survey No. 172/2 of Xeldem, involving property belonging to Shree Sateri Gramdevi at Shateri Shantadurga Devasthan, an institutional property under t...