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JUDGMENT

REPORTABLE

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

CIVIL APPEAL NOS.3434-3435 OF 2001

GULF GOANS HOTELS CO. LTD. & ANR. . ..APPELLANTS

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

...RESPONDENTS

WITH

CIVIL APPEAL NO.3438 OF 2001

WITH

CIVIL APPEAL NOS.3436-3437 OF 2001

WITH

CIVIL APEAL NO.3439 OF 2001

J U D G M E N T

RANJAN GOGOI, J.

1.

The appellants are the owners of Hotels, Beach Resorts

and Beach Bungalows in Goa who have been facing the

prospect of demolition of their properties for the last several

decades. The respondent-Goa Foundation is a non-

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Governmental body who claims to be dedicated to the cause

of environmental and ecological well being of the State of

Goa. The respondent-Goa Foundation had filed parallel writ

petitions before the High Court for demolition of the

allegedly illegal constructions raised by the appellants. Both

sets of writ petitions i.e. those filed by the appellants against

the orders of demolition by the State Authorities and the writ

petitions filed by the Goa Foundation seeking demolition of

constructions raised by each of the appe