1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY AT GOA Writ Petition No. 383/2011 Shri Rudresh S. Naik, r/o E-27, Radha Building, Near Municipal Market, Panaji, Goa- 403 001 .... PETITIONER ...VERSUS... 1. State of Goa, through its Chief Secretary, Having Office at Secretariat, Porvorim, Bardez-Goa 2. The Town Planner, Office of the Senior Town Planner, District Level Office, Town and Country Planning Department, Government of Goa, Ponda, Goa. ... RESPONDENTS --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mr. V. R. Tamba, Advocate with Mr. D. D. Zaveri, Advocate for petitioner. Mr. M. Salkar, Government Advocate for respondents. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CORAM: S. A. BOBDE & F.M. REIS, JJ. DATE : 19 th July, 2011 ORAL JUDGMENT (per S. A. Bobde, J) 1. Rule. Rule returnable forthwith. Heard finally by consent of the parties. 2. The impugned orders dated 01.06.2011, 27.05.2011, 13.05.2011 and 07.06.2011 are hereby set aside since, admittedly, 2 they were passed without affording the petitioner an opportunity of being heard, personally. The matter is remanded back to the authorities for fresh decision, in accordance with law, after hearing the petitioner and after giving him an opportunity to show cause. The matter shall be decided within a period of two weeks from the date the petitioner appears before the authority. The petitioner is directed to appear before the authority on 25.07.2011. In the meanwhile, Mr. Tamba, the learned counsel for the petitioner, states that the petitioner shall maintain status quo. Rule made absolute in the above terms. No order as to costs. Authenticated copy of the order be supplied to the learned counsel for the parties. S. A. BOBDE, J. F. M. REIS, J. kahale