Goa: Zuari Agro Chemicals Ltd has land ownership right, can’t stop it, says Revenue minister Atanasio ‘Babush Monserrate

Times of India | 8 months ago | 22-09-2022 | 09:40 pm

Goa: Zuari Agro Chemicals Ltd has land ownership right, can’t stop it, says Revenue minister Atanasio ‘Babush Monserrate

PANAJI: Revenue minister Atanasio ‘Babush’ Monserrate on Wednesday said that he has received legal opinion from a senior advocate, and as per the opinion the state government cannot interfere into the comunidade land being given to Zuari Agro Chemicals Ltd (ZACL). He said that Zuari Agro has got the ownership right through different court orders. “The government will not be able to interfere into it,” Monserrate said. “We have got the legal opinion and it says that they have got earlier orders from various courts during previous governments. It looks like that they had support from the previous government. We will not be able to do anything,” the minister said. “I will place the opinion on the floor of the House. We have taken opinion from a senior advocate who is well-versed with comunidade laws. If anyone has any doubt, private party or MLA, can challenge that opinion. Tomorrow nobody should not say that we have done something. As per legal opinion, the government cannot do anything.” In the monsoon session of the legislative assembly, Monserrate had told the House that the government would take action with regards to the comunidade land being given to Zuari Agro after it receives legal opinion on the issue, leading to independent MLA Antonio Vas to withdraw his private member’s resolution.

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