IN THE HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY AT GOA WRIT PETITION NO. 254 OF 2005 MR.UDAY A.KAMAT AND 2 ORS., ....Petitioners Versus STATE OF GOA THROUGH CHIEF ....Respondents SECRETARY AND ANR., Mr. M. S. Usgaokar, Senior Advocate with Mr. I. Agha, advocate for the petitioners. Mr. S. S. Kantak, Advocate General with Ms. R. Chodankar, Addl. Government Advocate for the respondents. Coram:- S.S. PARKAR & V.M. KANADE, JJ. Date:- 18th July, 2005 P.C. Heard both sides. This Court has already given time upto January, 2006 for demarcating the forest and non-forest areas for the whole State. By this petition the petitioners who want to make construction want that the demarcation should be done first in respect of the areas of the land where permission has been obtained for construction. It is stated by the learned Advocate General that if the Committee starts demarcation work in respect of the area where the permission has been obtained for construction, the whole work is likely to be delayed. The Committee had started demarcation work systematically and the work is likely to be completed as per the extension of time granted by this Court. In the circumstances, the prayer in the petition cannot be granted, at least now, as the petitioner had obtained permission for construction in March, 2005, as against the other persons who had obtained permission for construction much ealier, i.e. in December, 2002. The petition is, therefore, rejected. However, the petitioner is given liberty to move this Court for the same relief in case the demarcation work of non-forest area of the petitioners is not done by January, 2006 and/or no report is filed by the respondents before this Court by that time. S.S. PARKAR, J. V.M. KANADE, J.