ORDER

Leave granted.

2. This Court has heard the learned counsel for the parties regarding relief claimed by the appellants.

3. The appeal is directed against order dated July 10, 2008, rendered by the High Court of Bombay at Goa in Miscellaneous Civil Application No. 866 of 2007, which was filed in Writ Petition No. 403 of 2007 by which the parties have been directed to maintain status quo in respect of construction within 50 to 100 meters of High Tide Line on survey Nos. 12/1 and 99/2 situated near river Zuari at Goa till the matter is finally heard by the Court.

4. The record would indicate that after purchase of the lands in question the appellants applied to the Panchayat for sanction of plans for construction of hotel. The permission was granted by the village Panchayat on November 26, 1993. The Ministry of Environment and Forests had issued a notification called Coastal Regulation Zone for regulating the development of areas within 500 meters of the coast. The said notification was amended on August 16, 1994 reducing the "No Development Zone" to 50 meters from 100 meters. The appellant No. 1 had submitted amended plans seeking permission to put up construction leaving 50 mete