PANJIM, March 5 -- Team Herald

The High Court of Bombay at Goa on Wednesday took serious note of undervaluing the Assessment Order for calculating fees for correction of zone under Section 17 (2) of Town and Country Planning (TCP) Act thereby causing a loss of Rs 7.16 crore to the public exchequer even as the Advocate General told the Court that steps have been taken to recover the money as per the revised rates notified on March

28, 2024.

Activists Swapnesh Sherlekar, Jose Carlos Da Veiga Gracias and Rupesh Shinkre had filed a writ petition seeking to immediately hold an inquiry against the Chief Town Planner Rajesh Naik for having caused loss to the public exchequer by deliberately undervaluing the Assessment Order in violation of/co...