ARPORA, April 20 -- The name of Arpora-Nagoa Sarpanch Roshan Redkar and former sarpanch Salim Sayed and his family members feature once and seven times respectively in the list of 73 names submitted to the Goa Bench of the Bombay High Court in a Writ Petition citing irregularities in land-filling in low-lying areas and illegal construction within the jurisdiction of the panchayat.

As reported, the High Court last Wednesday directed the panchayat to submit an affidavit detailing the status of the forty-two notices and explain why the notices have still not been disposed of and the timeline to do the same.

That the panchayat did nothing after sending the notices irked the judges. "The panchayat should also explain why demolition orders ha...