2025:BHC-GOA:1834-DB

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY AT GOA

WRIT PETITION NO. 903 OF 2025 (FILING)

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1. LOTUS CLASSIQUE HOUSING SOCIETY A Co-Operative Housing Society, through its President: MR. MILIND DESAI, 49 years of age, Indian National, r/o H. No. T -4 "Lotus Classique Housing Society", Plot Nos. 8 & 9

Vidyanagar, Gogol , Margao – Goa.

2. REHMAT KHAN, 81 years of age, r/o Plot

No.1 , Vidyanagar, Gogol, Margao - Goa.

3. PRAKASH NAGVENKAR, 81 years of age, rio H. No. 741, Plot No.2, Vidyanagar, Gogol,

Margao - Goa.

4. AJIT BABULO ARSEKAR, 67 years of age, r/o Plot No.3, Vidyanagar, Gogol, Margao -

Goa

5. PREMANAND BORKAR, 73 years of age, r/o Plot No. 4 & 5, Vidyanagar, Gogol, Margao

- Goa.

6. SAYED MUSTAQ, 59 years of age, r/o Plot

No.6, Vidyanagar, GogoI, Margao – Goa.

7. MARIO DE SOUZA, 53 years of age , r/o H.No. 8601 A, 1 st Floor, "Fransisco and Maria Building", Plot No.7, Vidyanagar, Gogol,

Margao - Goa.

8. SISTA DOROTEIA FURTADO ELVIRA, Through PoA Holder Lima Khan, 85 years of age, r/o Plot No. 10, Vidyanagar, Gogol,

Margao - Goa.

9. NIKHIL PRABHUAJGAAONKAR, 48 years of age, r/o Plot No. 11 & 12, Vidyanagar, Gogol,

Margao - Goa.

10. DILSHAD RASHID MULLA, 56 years of age , r/o Plot No. 13 , Vidyanagar, Gogol, Margao – Goa

11. DAMODAR N. BHAT, 74 years of age, r/o H.No. 1165 , Plot, No. 14, Vidyanagar, Gogol, Margao- Goa.

12. KHAIRUNISSA BI XEC ABU TAHIR, 61 years of age, r/o Plot No. 15, Vidyanagar, Gogol, Margao - Goa.

13. GAJANAN B PARULEKAR, 55 years of age, r/o Plot No. 16, Vidyanagar, Gogol, Margao - Goa.

14. SANTOSH J. Pal, 71 years of age, r/o H.No. 121913, Plot No. 17, Vidyanagar, Gogol, Margao - Goa.

15. MOHAMMED KHALID SHAIKH, 59 years of age, r/o Plot No. 18, Vidyanagar, Gogol, Margao - Goa.

16. ABDUL KADIR XEC, 80 years of age, r/o Plot No. 19, Vidyanagar, Gogol, Margao – Goa. 17. JUSTINIANO BALTAZAR OLIVER OLAVO DE SOUZA, 69 years of age, r/o H.No. 741 /2A, Plot No. 20&27, Vidyanagar, Gogo! , Margao Goa.

18. PRABHAKAR YESHWANT SINGBAL, 84 years of age, r/o Plot No. 26, Vidyanagar, Gogol, Margao - Goa.

19. RASHIDA KHAN, 74 years of age, r/o Plot No. 29, 30 & 31, Vidyanagar, Gogol, Margao - Goa.

20. ATIK ISMAIL BANDUCDA, 58 years of age, r/o Plot No. 21 and 22 , Vidyanagar, Gogol, Margao - Goa.

21. KRISHNAMURTHY G P, 45 years of age, r/o Plot No. 25 , Vidyanagar, Gogol, Margao –

Goa

22. ASHWIN SHETTY, 46 years of age, r/o Plot No. 25, Vidyanagar, Gogol, Margao - Goa. 23. NAGADEEPA G. NETALKAR, 41 years of age, r/o Plot No. 25, Vidyanagar, Gogol, Margao - Goa.

24. VILASINI S SINGHAL, 74 years of age, r/o Plot No. 28, Vidyanagar, Gogol, Margao - … Petitioners Goa.

V e r s u s

1. UNION OF INDIA, Through the Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs , (FFR Division) - New Delhi.

2. CUSTODIAN OF ENEMY PROPERTY FOR INDIA Office of the Custodian of Enemy Property For India, Kaiser-I-Hind Building, Currimbhoy Road, Ballard Estate, Mumbai

400 001.

3. ASSISTANT CUSTODIAN OF ENEMY PROPERTY FOR INDIA Office of the Custodian of Enemy Property For India, Kaiser-I-Hind Building, Currimbhoy Road, Ballard Estate, Mumbai 400 001

4. THE COLLECTOR Office of the Collector of South Goa District, Matanhy Saldanha Administrative Complex, Revenue Branch, Margao, Salcete - Goa

5. THE DEPUTY COLLECTOR & SDO, South Goa District, Office at Collectorate, Margao –

Goa

6. THE MAMLATDAR, Salcete Taluka … Respondents District, Office at Collectorate, Margao – Goa.

Mr. Shivan Desai, Advocate with Mr. Aniroodh Sardesai, Ms.

Tahira Menezes and Ms. Riya Amonkar, Advocates for the Petitioner.

Mr. Raviraj Chodankar, Central Government Standing Counsel for Respondent Nos. 1 to 3.

Mr. Manish Salkar, Government Advocate for Respondent Nos.

4 to 6.

CORAM: BHARATI DANGRE &

ASHISH S. CHAVAN, JJ.

RESERVED DATE: 15^th September, 2025 PRONOUNCED ON: 22^nd September, 2025 JUDGMENT (Per Bharati Dangre, J.)

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The Petitioner no. 1, a Co-operative Housing Society through its President Mr. Milind Desai and 23 other members have approached this Court praying for quashing and setting