Commending the Salgaocar organisation for ‘ living up to the highest values of justice and fair play’ Gauncars First, hoped that Dattaraj Salgaocar would refrain from carrying out any ‘illegal activities in the Comunidades and would extend his protection to the Gaunkars and Comunidades of Goa’.

In a third Representation which has been submitted to the Chief Minister Mr.Digamber Kamat and Mr. Dayanand Narvekar MLA Aldona Constituency, the Porvorim based NGO pointed out that the Gaunkars of Goa ‘could not acknowledge the results of the recently concluded State elections’ as they were alleged to be ‘ fraudulently and unconstitutionally ‘ carried out in the State.

Gauncars First believed that for the elections to be legal, the State Government would have had to establish ‘State Landlordism’ in the locality of the Villages covered by such elections. In the absence of this, the State has no constituted ‘Revenue Villages’ and hence no elections can be legally held in these areas. According to GF, there are about 222 villages which fall in the category of ‘Private Comunidade (Community) Villages, co-owned by the respective ‘Gaunkars’ where State Government Landlordism is totally absent.

These ‘private’ village land cover over 70% of the land mass in Goa and our governed by Private Comunidade Laws codified in Portuguese language as Codigo das Comunidades ( Code of Comunidades) 1961, which has the force of Law in the State of Goa.

The NGO warns potential real estate investors that only land dealings done in accordance with the purview of the Private Comunidade Laws ( and not under the State Government’s Land Survey Records / Revenue Code) within the Private Comunidade Villages of Goa, are legal and binding.

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