Supreme Court of India

Village Panchayat, Calangute v. The Additional Director of Panchayat-ii and Ors.

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Reported as [2012] 6 S.C.R. 277
Bench G.S. Singhvi and Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhaya JJ.
Decided 2 July 2012

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the writ petitions filed by the appellant were maintainable and the learned Single Judge of the High Court committed grave error by summarily dismissing the same.

Judgment, page 30

From the headnote

Goa Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 - ss. 3, 64 and 8 - Establishment of village Panchayat u/s. 3 - Order passed by the designated officer-Additional Director of Panchayat exercising the power of an appellate authority qua the action/ decision/resolution of the Village Panchayat - Locus of Village Panchayat to file a petition under Article 226 and/or 227 for setting aside the. order passed by Additional Director of Panchayat - On appfial, held: Village Panchayat has the locus to challenge the orders passed by Additional Director of Panchayat - On facts, local residents had complained against the

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