IN THE HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY AT GOA WRIT PETITION NO. 329 OF 2010 MISS INGRID RYNA FERNANDES ... Petitioner Versus STATE O GOA THROUGH CHIEF SECRETARY AND 3 ORS. ... Respondent Shri Rohit Bras De Sa, Advocate for the Petitioner. Shri Vivek Rodrigues, Additional Government Advocate for Respondent Nos.1 and 3. Shri P. A. Kamat, Advocate for Respondent No.2. Shri A.N.S. Nadkarni, Senior Advocate with Shri D. Lawande, Advocate for Respondent No.4. Coram:- S. C. DHARMADHIKARI & F. M. REIS, JJ. Date:- 5th April, 2011 P.C.:- Further affidavit has been filed pursuant to our Order in which the Secretary of the Village Panchayat, Calangute has made a statement that in view of the allegations made in the petition, the matter was placed before the Panchayat at its meeting held on 25-3-2011 and the Panchayat resolved to issue a show cause notice, conduct site inspection and thereafter take a final decision. Accordingly, it is stated that a show cause notice dated 2-3-2011 has been issued to Respondent No.4 and the inspection is scheduled today at 3.00 p.m. Our attention is also invited to the show cause notice dated 18-1-2010 issued by the Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority. On a query from the Court as to why the Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority has not taken any action in pursuance to the show cause notice dated 18-1-2010, it is stated by Shri V. Rodrigues, learned Additional Government Advocate appearing on behalf of this Authority that a final decision in pursuance to this notice will be taken within a period of three weeks from today. We accept this statement made on behalf of the Authority. It is also stated by Shri P. A. Kamat, learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the Village Panchayat that the inspection is scheduled today and thereafter the Panchayat will also take a final decision expeditiously. We direct that the Panchayat should take such decision within a period of three weeks from today. In the light of the fact that both Authorities have issued show cause notices and even a site inspection is scheduled today and since the allegations made in the petition have been taken note of by both the Authorities, we do not feel it necessary to keep this petition pending. We dispose of this petition accepting the undertaking and in the light of the directions issued above. Shri A. N. S. Nadkarni, learned Senior Counsel appearing for the affected party Respondent No.4 submits that this Court having issued the directions as above, it may be presumed that the Authorities have acted on complaints which are bona fide and that there are gross illegalities in the construction at site. He submits that even the show cause notice apart from being belated is not tenable in law. We clarify that we have not expressed any opinion on the merits of the controversy or on the maintainability of the proceedings. All contentions of the Petitioner as well as of Respondent No.4 in that behalf are kept open. It is only to impress upon the Authorities that they should take timely and expeditious measures, wherever they notice gross illegalities that we have issued the earlier Orders and directions and granted a time limit beyond that, we should not be taken as having expressed any opinion on the rival contentions. The Petition is disposed of in the light of the above and needless to state that even the Petitioner shall be given an opportunity by both the Authorities before they take a final decision. S. C. DHARMADHIKARI, J. F. M. REIS, J. RD.