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Panaji, 26th October, 2017 (Kartika 4, 1939)

SERIES I No. 30

Reg. No. G-2/RNP/GOA/32/2015-2017

RNI No. GOAENG/2002/6410

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

GOVERNMENT OF GOA

Department of Education, Art & Culture

Directorate of Education

Notification

DE/GIA-II/RILCGS 2017-18

The Government of Goa hereby amends the

Revised Infrastructure Loan-cum-Grants to

Educational Institutions Scheme published

in the Official Gazette, Series I No. 18 dated

1st August, 2013 (hereinafter referred to as

Principal Scheme) as under:—

Suggestions are welcomed on e-mail: dir–[email protected]

In the Principal Scheme,

(i) In clause 3, after item (iii), the following

item shall be inserted, namely:—

“(iv) Special Schools

The minimum enrolment of students

should be 60 in Developed and Less

Developed Talukas.”;

(ii) In clause 6, after item (iv), the following

item shall be inserted, namely:—

“(v) Special Schools

(a) Primary School – Maximum of

Rs. 50 Lakh.

(b) Secondary School – Maximum of

Rs. 100 Lakh.

Department

Notification/Order/O.M.

Subject

Pages

1. Education, Art & Culture

Not.- DE/GIA-II/RILCGS

Amendment of Revised Infrastructure Loan-cum- 1479

Dir. & ex officio Addl. Secy.

2017-18

-Grants to Educational Institutions Scheme.

2. Finance

O.M.- 12/3/82-Fin(R&C)/

Grant of Dearness Relief to Central Government

1480

Under Secretary

/Vol.I

Pensioners/Family Pensioners

3. Information & Publicity

Not.- DI/INF/PHOTO

Amendment of Goa State Photo Contest and

1481

Director

CONTEST/2014/2929

Exhibition Scheme-2014.

4. Panchayati Raj & Community Not.- 17/142/DP-Acct/Grant

List of Weaker Panchayats for the year 2017-18.

1482

Development

of Fin Asst. Schemes/2017-18/

Dir. & ex officio Joint Secy.

/8081

5. Personnel

Not.- 1/14/2005-PER

R.R.— Directorate of Fire & Emergency Services.

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Additional Secretary

6.a. Revenue

Not.- 16/29/2016-RD/2101

Draft Rules— The Goa Land Revenue (Partition

1486

Under Secretary

of Holdings) (Amendment) Rules, 2017.

b. —do—

Not.- 16/39/2017-RD/2130

The Goa Land Revenue (City Survey)

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(Amendment) Rules, 2017.

7. Town & Country Planning

Not.- Secy/TCP/37/2017/3363

Giving effect to the Goa Town and Country

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Chief Town Planner and

Planning (Amendment) Act, 2017.

ex officio Joint Secretary

8. Urban Development

Not. 11/45/2017-DMA/2103

Goa Real Estate (Regulation and Development)

1487

Dir. & ex officio Addl. Secy.

(Regulatory Authority Chairperson, Members,

Officers and Other Employees Appointment and

Service Conditions) Rules, 2017.

INDEX

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Maximum of Rs. 200 Lakh.”;

This scheme shall be kept open for Special

Schools upto 31st March, 2018.

This issues with the concurrence of Finance

(Exp.) Department vide U. O. No. 1400037034

dated 23-05-2017 and approval of Council of

Minister in the XVIIth Cabinet Meeting held

on 04-10-2017.

By order and in the name of the Governor

of Goa.

G. P. Bhat, Director & ex officio Additional

Secretary (Education).

Porvorim, 11th October, 2017.

———ttt———

Department of Finance

Revenue & Control Division

—

Office Memorandum

12/3/82-Fin(R&C)/Vol.I

A copy of the under mentioned Office

Memorandum received from the Government

of India, Ministry of Personnel, Public

Grievances & Pensions, Department of Pension

& Pensioners Welfare, New Delhi is forwarded

herewith for being published in the Official

Gazette.

Sushama D. Kamat, Under Secretary,

Finance (R&C).

Porvorim, 13th October, 2017.

————

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances

& Pensions

Department of Pension & Pensioner’s

Welfare

3rd Floor, Lok Nayak Bhavan,

Khan Market, New Delhi – 110003

Date: 28th September, 2017.

Office Memorandum

F. No. 42/15/2016-P&PW(G)

Subject: Grant of Dearness Relief to Central

Government pensioners/family

pensioners — Revised rate effective

from 1-7-2017.

The undersigned is directed to refer to this

Department’s O.M. No. 42/15/2016-P&PW(G)

dated 07-04-2017 on the subject mentioned

above and to state that the President is pleased

to decide that the Dearness Relief admissible

to Central Government pensioners/family

pensioners shall be enhanced from the

existing rate of 4% to 5% w.e.f. 01-07-2017.

2. These rates of DR will be applicable to (i)

Civilian Central Government Pensioners/

/Family Pensioners including Central

Government absorbee pensioners in PSU/

/Autonomous Bodies in respect of whom

orders have been issued vide this

Department’s O. M. No. 4/34/2002-P&PW(D)

Vol. II dated 23-06-2017 for restoration of full

pension after expiry of commutation period of

15 years (ii) The Armed Forces Pensioners,

Civilian Pensioners paid out of the Defence

Service Estimates, (iii) All India Service

Pensioners (iv) Railway Pensioners/family

pensioners (v) Pensioners who are in receipt

of provisional pension (vi) The Burma Civilian

pensioners/family pensioners and pensioners/

/families of displaced Government Pensioners

from Pakistan, who are Indian Nationals but

receiving pension on behalf of Government of

Pakistan and are in receipt of adhoc ex-gratia

allowance in respect of whom orders have

been issued vide this Department’s O.M.

No. 23/3/2008-P&PW(B) dated 11-09-2017.

3. In partial modification of this Department

OMs of even No. dated 16-12-2016 and

27-04-2017, Central Government absorbee

pensioners in PSU/Autonomous Bodies

referred to in category (i) in para 2 and Burma

Civilian pensioners/family pensioners referred

to in category (vi) in para 2 above, will also

be eligible for dearness relief @ 2% w.e.f.

01-07-2016 and 4% w.e.f. 01-01-2017, in terms

of this Department OMs of even No. dated

16-11-2016 and 07-04-2017 respectively.

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The dearness relief already drawn by the

above pensioners in terms of O.M.s dated

16-11-2016 and 27-4-2017, will be adjusted

from the revised dearness relief payable under

these orders.

4. These orders shall not be applicable on

CPF beneficiaries, their widows and eligible

children who are in receipt of ex-gratia

payment in terms of this Department’s O.M.

No. 45/52/97-P&PW(E) dated 16-12-1997

and revised vide this Department’s O.M. No.

1/10/2012-P&PW(E) dated 27-06-2013.

Separate orders will be issued in respect of

the above categories.

5. Payment of DR involving a fraction of a

rupee shall be rounded off to the next higher

rupee.

6. Other provisions governing grant of DR

in respect of employed family pensioners and

re-employed Central Government Pensioners

will be regulated in accordance with the

provisions contained in this Department’s O.M.

No. F. No. 45/73/97-P&PW(G) dated 2-7-1999

as amended vide this Department’s O.M.

No. 38/88/2008-P&PW(G) dated 9th July, 2009.

The provisions relating to regulation of DR

where a pensioner is in receipt of more than

one pension will remain unchanged.

7. In the case of retired Judges of the

Supreme Court and High Courts, necessary

orders will be issued by the Department of

Justice separately.

8. It will be the responsibility of the pension

disbursing authorities, including the nationa-

lized banks, etc., to calculate the quantum of

DR payable in each individual case.

9. The offices of Accountant General and

authorised Pension Disbursing Banks are

requested to arrange payment of relief to

pensioners etc., on the basis of these

instructions without waiting for any further

instructions from the Comptroller and Auditor

General of India and the Reserve Bank of India

in view of letter No. 528-TA,II/34-80-II dated

23-4-1981 of the Comptroller and Auditor

General of India addressed to all Accountant

Generals and Reserve Bank of India Circular

No. GANB No. 2958/GA-64 (ii) (CGL)/81 dated

the 21st May, 1981 addressed to State Bank of

India and its subsidiaries and all Nationalised

Banks.

10. In their application to the pensioners/

/family pensioners belonging to Indian Audit

and Accounts Department, these orders issue

after consultation with the C&AG.

11. This issues with the concurrence with

Ministry of Finance, Department of

Expenditure’s O.M. No. 1/9/2017-E.II(B) dated

20th September, 2017.

Sd/-

(Charanjit Taneja)

Under Secretary to the Government of India.

———ttt———

Department of Information and Publicity

Notification

DI/INF/PHOTO CONTEST/2014/2929

Read:Government Notification No. DI/INF/

/Photo Contest/2014 dated 19th February,

2015.

The Government of Goa is pleased to amend

“The Goa State Photo Contest and Exhibition

Scheme-2014” as follows:–

The clause 7(a) and (b) of the scheme shall

be substituted as under:–

7. Quantum of Financial Assistance under

the scheme.—

(a) Cash prizes amounting to Rs. 1,16,000/-

shall be distributed among the winners and

the best entries. First prize of Rs. 20,000/-

in each category. Second prize of

Rs. 16,000/- in each category. Third prize of

Rs. 12,000/- in each category. While five

consolation prizes of Rs. 2000/- each shall

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be presented. Certificates shall be

presented to the best entries.

(b) Three Judges will be given

honorarium of Rs. 5000/- each.

The rest of the content of the notification

shall remain unchanged.

This issues with the concurrence of

Finance (Exp.) Department vide their U. O.

No. 3141/F dated 10-10-2017. It shall come

into force from the date of publication in the

Official Gazette.

By order and in the name of the Governor

of Goa.

Darshana S. Narulkar, Director (Information

& Publicity).

Panaji, 23rd October, 2017.

———ttt———

Department of Panchayati Raj and

Community Development

Directorate of Panchayats

—

Notification

17/142/DP-Acct/Grant of Fin Asst. Schemes/

/2017-18/8081

Whereas, the Government of Goa has

notified the Goa (Grant of Financial Assistance

of Economically Weaker Panchayats for

Strengthening their Administration) Schemes,

2008, vide Notification No. 17/142/DP-Acct/

/Grants of Fin/Asstt. Schemes dated

2nd February, 2009 which is published in

the Official Gazette No. 46, Series I dated

12-2-2009.

And whereas in terms of clause 3 of the

above said scheme it is necessary to notify the

list of Weaker Panchayats eligible for grants

from the Government under the above said

schemes and other schemes of the State

Government.

Now therefore after assessment of the

income and expenditure of every Panchayat

in the manner provided in the above said

scheme the Village Panchayat as listed in the

Annexure appended hereto have been

identified as Weaker Panchayats eligible

for grants from the Government for the year

2017-18. The quantum of grants that shall be

sanctioned to the Weaker Panchayats under

the above said scheme or any other schemes

of the State Government shall be notified

separately by the Director of Panchayats.

By order and in the name of the Governor

of Goa.

Sandhya Kamat, Director & ex officio Joint

Secretary (Panchayats).

Panaji, 16th October, 2017.

LIST OF WEAKER PANCHAYATS FOR THE

YEAR 2017-18

Sr.

Name of Block

Name of the

No.

Panchayats

1. TISWADI BLOCK 1. V. P. Azossim Mandur

2. V. P. Chodan Madel

3. V. P. Cumbharjua

4. V. P. Sao Matias

5. V. P. St. Lawrence

(Agassaim)

2. PERNEM BLOCK 1. V. P. Agarwada-Chopdem

2. V. P. Alorna

3. V. P. Casarvarnem

4. V. P. Chandel-Hassapur

5. V. P. Corgao

6. V. P. Ibrampur-Hankhane

7. V. P. Khajne-Amere-

-Poroscadem

8. V. P. Morjim

9. V. P. Ozarim

10. V. P. Paliem

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11. V. P. Parcem

12. V. P. Querim-Terecol

13. V. P. Tamboxem-Mopa-

-Ugvem

14. V. P. Torxem

15. V. P. Tuem

16. V. P. Warkhand Nagzar

3. BARDEZ BLOCK

1. V. P. Nachinola

2. V. P. Nadora

3. V. P. Oxel

4. V. P. Camurlim

5. V. P. Pirna

6. V. P. Pomburpa-

-Olaulim

7. V. P. Revora

8. V. P. Verla-Canca

9. V. P. Sirsaim

10. V. P. Moira

11. V. P. Ucassaim-Paliem-

Punola

12. V. P. Bastora

4. CANACONA BLOCK 1. V. P. Shristhal

2. V. P. Cotigao

3. V. P. Gaondongrem

4. V. P. Agonda

5. V. P. Poinguinim

6. V. P. Cola

7. V. P. Loliem-Polem

5. QUEPEM BLOCK

1. V. P. Ambaulim

2. V. P. Morpirla

3. V. P. Naqueri-Betul

6. SANGUEM BLOCK

1. V. P. Bhati

2. V. P. Curdi

3. V. P. Kalay

4. V. P. Neturlim

5. V. P. Sanvordem

6. V. P. Uguem

7. SATARI BLOCK

1. V. P. Bhironda

2. V. P. Cotorem

2 3

3. V. P. Dongurli-Thane

4. V. P. Guleli

5. V. P. Nagargao

6. V. P. Pissurlem

7. V. P. Sanvordem

8. V. P. Querim

8. PONDA BLOCK

1. V. P. Durbhat

2. V. P. Querim

3. V. P. Volvoi

4. V. P. Wadi-Telaulim

5. V. P. Vere-Vaghurme

9. BICHOLIM BLOCK

1. V. P. Advalpal

2. V. P. Mencurem-

-Dhumashe

3. V. P. Surla

4. V. P. Mulgao

5. V. P. Naroa

6. V. P. Ona-Maulinguem-

Curchirem

7. V. P. Piligao

8. V. P. Salem

9. V. P. Sirigao

10. V. P. Mayem

11. V. P. Velguem

10. SALCETE BLOCK

1. V. P. Chandor-Cavorlim

2. V. P. Guirdolim

3. V. P. Rachol

4. V. P. Sarzora

5. V. P. Paroda

6. V. P. Assolna

7. V. P. Dramapur-Sirlim

8. V. P. Rumdamol

Davorlim

9. V. P. Macasana

10. V. P. Nuvem

11. MORMUGAO

1. V. P. Chicolna-Bogmalo

12. DHARBANDORA

1. V. P. Kirlapal-Dabal

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Department of Personnel

———

Notification

1/14/2005-PER

In exercise of the powers conferred by the

proviso to Article 309 of the Constitution of

India and in supersession of the Government

Notification No. 1/2/82-PER (Pt.I) dated

16-04-1998, published in the Official Gazette,

Series I No. 20 dated 13-08-1998, the Governor

of Goa hereby makes the following rules to

regulate the recruitment to the Group ‘C’,

Non-Ministerial, Non-Gazetted post, in the

Directorate of Fire and Emergency Services,

Government of Goa, namely:—

1. Short title, application and commence-

ment.— (1) These rules may be called the

Government of Goa, Directorate of Fire and

Emergency Services, Group ‘C’, Non-

-Ministerial, Non-Gazetted post, Recruitment

Rules, 2014.

(2) They shall apply to the post specified

in column (1) of the Schedule to these

rules (hereinafter called as the “said

Schedule”).

(3) They shall come into force from the

date of their publication in the Official

Gazette.

2. Number, classification and scale of pay.—

The number of posts, classification of the said

post and the scale of pay attached thereto shall

be as specified in columns (2) to (4) of the said

Schedule:

Provided that the Government may vary the

number of posts as specified in column (2) of

the said Schedule from time to time subject to

exigencies of work.

3. Method of recruitment, age limit and

other qualifications.— The method of

recruitment to the said post, age limit,

qualifications and other matters connected

therewith shall be as specified in columns (5)

to (13) of the said Schedule.

4. Disqualification.— No person who has

entered into or contracted a marriage with a

person having a spouse living or who, having

a spouse living, has entered into or contracted

a marriage with any person, shall be eligible

for appointment to the service:

Provided that the Government may, if

satisfied that such marriage is permissible

under the personal law applicable to such

person and the other party to the marriage

and that there are other grounds for so doing,

exempt any person from the operation of this

rule.

5. Power to relax.— Where, the Government

is of the opinion that it is necessary or

expedient so to do, it may, by order, for

reasons to be recorded in writing, relax any

of the provisions of these rules with respect to

any class or category of persons.

6. Saving.— Nothing in these rules shall

affect reservation, relaxation of age limit and

other concessions required to be provided for

Scheduled Castes and other special categories

of persons in accordance with the orders

issued by the Government from time to time

in that regard.

By order and in the name of the Governor

of Goa.

Yetindra M. Maralkar, Additional Secretary

(Personnel).

Porvorim, 5th October, 2017.

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SCHEDULE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Name/

/desig-

nation of

the post

Age limit

for direct

recruits

Period

proba-

tion, if

any

Method of

recruitment,

whether by direct

recruitment or

by promotion

or by deputation/

/transfer/contract

and percentage

of the vacancies

to be filled by

various methods

In case of recruit-

ment by promotion/

/deputation/

/transfer, grades

from which

promotion/

/deputation/

/transfer is

to be made

Educational

and other qualifications

required for

direct recruits

Classifi-

cation

Whether age & educational

qualifications prescribed for the

direct recruits will apply in the

case of promotees

Number

posts

Level in

the Pay

Matrix

If a

D.P.C./

/D.S.C.

exists,

what is its

compo-

sition

Circum-

stances in

which the

Goa Public

Service

Commission

is to be

consulted in

making

recruitment

(2017)

(Subject

variation

depen-

dent on

workload).

Selec-

tion.

Group

‘C’,

Non-

-Ministe-

rial Non-

-Gazetted.

L-5.

N. A.

Two

years.

By promotion.

Station

Fire

Officer.

Promotion: Sub-

Officer with five

years of regular

service in the

grade, possessing

S u b - O f f i c e r s

Course Certificate

of six months

duration

from

National

Fire

Service College,

Ministry of Home

Affairs, Nagpur,

failing which, pass

the Station Fire

Officers Depart-

mental test for

Station Fire Officer.

Group

‘C’,

D.P.C.

N. A.

Whether

selection

post or

non-

-selection

post

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Department of Revenue

———

Notification

16/29/2016-RD/2101

The following draft rules which the

Government of Goa proposes to make in

exercise of the powers conferred by section

199 of the Goa Land Revenue Code, 1968 (Act

No. 9 of 1969) (hereinafter referred to as the

“said Act”), are hereby pre-published as

required by sub-section (3) of section 199 of

the said Act, for information of all persons likely

to be affected thereby and notice is hereby

given that the said rules shall be taken into

consideration by the Government after the

expiry of fifteen days from the date of

publication of this Notification in the Official

Gazette.

All objections and suggestions to the said

draft rules may be forwarded to the Secretary

to the Government of Goa, Revenue

Department, Secretariat, Porvorim, Goa,

before the expiry of the said period of fifteen

days from the date of publication of this

Notification so that they may be taken into

consideration at the time of finalization of the

said rules.

DRAFT RULES

In exercise of the powers conferred by

section 199 of the Goa Land Revenue Code,

1968 (Act No. 9 of 1969), the Government of

Goa hereby makes the following rules so as to

further amend the Goa, Daman and Diu Land

Revenue (Partition of Holdings) Rules, 1969,

namely:—

1. Short title and commencement.— (1)

These rules may be called the Goa Land

Revenue (Partition of Holdings) (Amendment)

Rules, 2017.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of

their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. Amendment of rule 2.— In rule 2 of the

Goa, Daman and Diu Land Revenue (Partition

of Holdings) Rules, 1969 (hereinafter referred

to as the “principal Rules”)—

(i) for clause (d), the following clause shall

be substituted, namely:—

“(d) the names and addresses of

holders of the holdings adjoining the

holding of the applicant and the extent of

their shares in such holding;”;

(ii) after clause (d), the following clause

shall be inserted, namely:—

“(e) The names and addresses of the

persons sharing common boundary

alongwith the applicant.”;

3. Amendment of rule 3.— In rule 3 of the

principal Rules after sub-rule (2), the following

sub-rule shall be inserted, namely:—

“(3) The Collector may, if he is satisfied

that partition could be affected by issuing

notices to holders of the holdings adjoining

the holding of applicant in the same survey

number and/or persons sharing common

boundary alongwith applicant, issue such

notice and effect partition after hearing

them.”

By order and in the name of the Governor

of Goa.

Sudin A. Natu, Under Secretary (Revenue-I).

Porvorim, 11th October, 2017.

————

Notification

16/39/2017-RD/2130

Whereas, the draft rules namely the Goa

Land Revenue (City Survey) (Amendment)

Rules, 2017 which the Government of Goa

proposed to make in exercise of the powers

conferred by sub-section (1) and (2) of section

199 of the Goa Land Revenue Code, 1968

(Act No. 9 of 1969) (hereinafter referred to as

the “said Act”) so as to further amend the Goa,

Daman and Diu Land Revenue (City Survey)

Rules, 1969, were pre-published as required

by sub-section (3) of section 199 of the said

Act, vide Notification No. 16/39/2017-RD/1687

dated 1-8-2017 of the Department of Revenue,

Government of Goa in the Official Gazette,

Series I No. 19 dated 10-8-2017, inviting

objections and/or suggestions from all persons

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likely to be affected thereby before the expiry

of fifteen days from the date of publication of

the said Notification in the Official Gazette;

And whereas, the said Official Gazette was

made available to the public on 10-8-2017;

And whereas, no objections or suggestions

have been received from the public on the said

draft Rules by the Government.

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers

conferred by sub-sections (1) and (2) of section

199 of the Goa Land Revenue Code, 1968 (Act

No. 9 of 1969) and all other powers enabling it

in this behalf, the Government of Goa hereby

makes the following rules so as to further

amend the Goa, Daman and Diu Land Revenue

(City Survey) Rules, 1969, namely:—

1. Short title and commencement.— (1)

These rules may be called the Goa Land

Revenue (City Survey) (Amendment) Rules,

2017.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of

their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. Substitution of rule 14.— For rule 14 of

the Goa, Daman and Diu Land Revenue (City

Survey) Rules, 1969, the following rule shall

be substituted, namely:—

“14. Notice of mutation.— As soon as a

mutation is entered in the Property Card

under rule 13, the Inspector of Surveys and

Land Records shall post up a complete copy

of the entry in the town or city in a

conspicuous

place.

shall

also

simultaneously give notice in Form ‘G’ to all

persons from whom the occupancy right is

accrued by the applicant, whose names are

appearing in the Property Card and to any

person whom he has reason to believe to

be interested therein requiring them to send

their objections, if any, to the entry either

orally or in writing, if any, within fifteen days

from the date of receipt of such notice:

Provided that no such notice is required

to be given where all such persons appear

before the officer referred in rule 16 and give

their no objection for carrying out mutation

by an affidavit.”

By order and in the name of the Governor

of Goa.

Sudin A. Natu, Under Secretary (Revenue-I).

Porvorim, 19th October, 2017.

———ttt———

Department of Town & Country Planning

———

Notification

Secy/TCP/37/2017/3363

In exercise of the powers conferred by

sub-section (2) of section 1 of the Goa Town

and Country Planning (Amendment) Act, 2017

(Goa Act 17 of 2017) (hereinafter referred to

as the “said Act”), the Government of Goa

hereby appoints the 25th day of October, 2017,

as the date on which the provisions of the said

Act shall come into force.

By order and in the name of the Governor

of Goa.

Dr. S.T. Puttaraju, Chief Town Planner and

ex officio Joint Secretary (TCP).

Panaji, 25th October, 2017.

———ttt———

Department of Urban Development

—

Notification

11/45/2017-DMA/2103

The Goa Real Estate (Regulation and Develop-

ment) (Regulatory Authority Chairperson,

Members, Officers and other Employees

Appointment and Service Conditions)

Rules, 2017

In exercise of the powers conferred by

sub-section (1) and clause (1), (m), (n), (o) and

(zf) of sub-section (2) of section 84 of the Real

Estate (Regulation and Development) Act,

2016 (Central Act 16 of 2016), and all other

powers enabling it in this behalf, the

Government of Goa hereby makes the

following rules, namely:—

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CHAPTER I

Preliminary

1. Short title and commencement.— (1)

These rules may be called the Goa Real Estate

(Regulation and Development)(Regulatory

Authority Chairperson, Members, Officers and

other Employees Appointment and Service

Conditions) Rules, 2017.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of

their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. Definitions.— (1) In these rules, unless the

context otherwise requires,—

(a) “Act” means the Real Estate

(Regulation and Development) Act, 2016

(Central Act 16 of 2016);

(b) “Authority” means the Goa Real

Estate Regulatory Authority established

under sub-section (1) of section 20 of the

Act;

these rules;

(d) “section” means section of the Act;

(e) “Selection Committee” means the

selection committee specified in section 22;

(f) “Government” means the Government

of Goa.

(2) Words and expressions used and not

defined in these Rules but defined in the Act,

shall have the same meanings respectively

assigned to them in the Act.

CHAPTER II

Selection of Chairperson and Members

3. Selection of Chairperson and other

Members of Authority.— (1) The Government

shall make a reference to the Selection

Committee for appointment of the Chairperson

and Members of the Authority or when any

vacancy in the office of the Chairperson or

Member arises or likely to arise, in the

Authority.

(2) The Selection Committee may, for the

purpose of selection of the Chairperson or

Member of the Authority, follow such

procedure as it may deem fit.

(3) The Selection Committee shall make a

recommendation to the Government for

consideration of a panel of not more than three

persons, in the order of preference, separately,

to fill the vacancy or vacancies referred to by

the Government.

(4) The Selection Committee shall make its

recommendations to the Government, within

a period not exceeding sixty days from the

date of reference made under sub-rule (1).

(5) The Selection Committee shall normally

hold its meeting at Panaji or at such place

in the State, as may be decided by the

Chairperson.

(6) The Notice/Agenda, as the case may be,

for the meeting of the Selection Committee

shall be issued by the Convener after fixing

the date and venue for such meeting in

consultation with the Chairperson of the

Selection Committee.

(7) The Secretary-in-Charge of the Urban

Development Department shall be the

convener of the Selection Committee.

4. Appointment of Chairperson and

Members.— The Government shall consider

the recommendations of the Selection

Committee for the appointment of the

Chairperson and Members in the order of

preference as recommended by the Selection

Committee. If the Government appoints person

not according to the order of preference, the

Government shall record the reasons in

writing therefor.

CHAPTER III

Salary and Allowances

5. Salaries and allowances and other

conditions of service of Chairperson and

Members of Authority.— (1) (a) The salary and

allowances payable to the Chairperson and

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Members of the Authority shall be as

follows:—

(i) The Chairperson of the Authority shall

be paid a monthly salary equivalent to that

of the Chief Secretary of the Government.

(ii) The Members of the Authority shall

be paid a salary equivalent to the Principal

Secretary of the Government.

(iii) Dearness Allowance and City

Compensatory Allowance.—

The Chairperson and the Members of the

Authority shall be entitled to receive dearness

allowance and city compensatory allowance

at the rates, as are admissible to the

Chief Secretary of the Government or

Principal Secretary of the Government,

respectively.

(b) Leave.— (i) The Chairperson and

Members shall be entitled to thirty days of

earned leave for every year of service. The

payment of leave salary to the Chairperson

and Members during the leave shall be as

admissible to the Chief Secretary and Principal

Secretary respectively. The Chairperson or

Member shall be entitled to encashment of

fifty percent of earned leave to his credit at

any time.

(ii) Leave sanctioning authority.— Leave

sanctioning authority in case of,—

(I) the Chairperson of the Authority,

shall be the Minister-in-Charge of the

Urban Development Department of the

Government; and

(II) the Members of the Authority, shall

be the Chairperson;

allowance.— (i) The Chairperson and the

Members while on tour (including the journey

undertaken on expiry of his term to proceed

to his hometown) shall be entitled to travelling

allowances, daily allowance, transportation of

personal effects and other similar matters at

the same rate as admissible to the Chief

Secretary and Principal Secretary of the

Government, respectively.

The Chairperson shall be the controlling

officer in respect of bills relating to travelling

allowances and daily allowances.

(d)

Domestic

official

tours.—

The

Chairperson and Members, while on tour, shall

be entitled to the facility of Government

accommodation in the guest house or

inspection bungalows run by the Government

or to hotel accommodation in case

Government accommodation is not available,

as applicable to the Chief Secretary and

Principal Secretary of Government of Goa,

respectively.

(e) Leave travel concession.— The

Chairperson and Members shall be entitled to

Leave Travel Concession (L.T.C.) at the same

rates as admissible to the Chief Secretary and

Principal Secretary of the Government,

respectively.

(f) Medical facilities.— The Chairperson and

Members shall be entitled to medical

treatment and hospital facilities as provided

to the members of Indian Administrative

Service of the corresponding grade in the

Government.

(g) Official visits abroad.— The Chairperson

and Members shall be entitled to undertake

official visits abroad with the prior approval

of the Minister-in-charge of the Urban

Development Department and after clearance

from Ministry of External Affairs on the points

related to political affairs. The daily allowance

and provision of accommodation during the

period of tour abroad shall be regulated in

accordance with the Government instructions

as applicable to the Chief Secretary and

Principal Secretary, respectively, of the

Government.

(h) Conveyance facility.— The Chairperson

and Members shall be entitled to conveyance

facilities as admissible to the Chief Secretary

and Principal Secretary of the Government,

respectively.

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(i) Accommodation to Chairperson and

Members.—

(I) the Chairperson of the Authority shall

be entitled to residential accommodation as

admissible to the Chief Secretary of the

Government;

(II) the Members shall be entitled to

residential accommodation as admissible to

the rank of the Principal Secretary to the

Government drawing an equivalent pay. On

demitting office, the Chairperson and

Members shall be entitled to retention of

residential accommodation for one month,

on the same terms and conditions:

Provided that if the Chairperson or a

Member of the Authority is staying in his own

accommodation, he shall be paid a House Rent

Allowance at the same rate as admissible to

the Chief Secretary and Principal Secretary to

the Government, respectively.

(j) Telephone facilities.— The Chairperson

and Members of the Authority shall be entitled

to telephone facilities as admissible to the

Chief Secretary and Principal Secretary of the

Government, respectively.

(k) Other allowances.— The Chairperson

and Members of the Authority shall be entitled

to such other allowances as are applicable to

the Chief Secretary and Principal Secretary of

the Government, respectively.

(2) If a serving officer of the State or Central

Government is appointed as the Chairperson

or Member of the Authority, his salary and

allowances shall be as per the provisions of

sub-rule (1), during the period he is holding

the said post:

Provided that, such entitlement shall not be

less than what he is otherwise eligible in case

of serving Government servant.

6. Term of office of Chairperson and

Members.— (1) The term of office of the

Chairperson and Members shall be in

accordance with the provisions of sub-section

(1) of section 23.

(2) When the Chairperson is unable to

discharge his functions owing to death,

resignation, absence, illness or any other

cause, the senior-most Member of the

Authority (in the order of appointment) holding

office for the time being shall discharge the

functions of the Chairperson until the day on

which the Chairperson resumes the charge

of his functions or till the vacancy is filled.

7. Oath of office and secrecy.— (1) Every

person appointed as the Chairperson of the

Authority shall, before entering his office,

make and subscribe an Oath of Office

and Secrecy, in Form I and Form II,

respectively, appended to these Rules, before

the Minister-in-Charge of the Urban

Development Department of the Government.

(2) Every person appointed as a Member of

the Authority shall, before entering his office,

make and subscribe an Oath of Office and

Secrecy, in Form I and Form II, respectively,

appended to these Rules, before the

Chairperson of the Authority.

8. Declaration of financial or other

Interest.—

Before

appointment,

the

Chairperson and the Member shall give an

undertaking in Form III that he does not and

will not have any such financial or other

interest as is likely to affect prejudicially his

functions as such Chairperson or Member.

CHAPTER IV

Procedure of Inquiry and Removal of Chairperson

and Members

9. Procedure of inquiry.— (1) Whenever the

Government is of the opinion that there are

reasonable grounds for making an inquiry

against the Chairperson or Members on the

grounds specified in clause (d) or clause (e) of

sub-section (1) of section 26, the Government

may, after consulting the Chief Justice of the

Bombay High Court, appoint a Judge of the

High Court for the purpose of conducting such

inquiry.

(2) The Government shall inform the

charges against the Chairperson or such

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Members, as the case may be, to the Judge

so appointed.

(3) The Government shall forward to the

Judge so appointed copies of,—

(a) the statement of charges against the

Chairperson or Members, as the case may

be;

(b) material documents and other

evidences relevant to the inquiry.

10. Manner of inquiry.— (1) The Judge so

appointed, shall deliver or cause to be

delivered to the Chairperson or Member, as

the case may be, a copy of the statement of

charges and a list of documents, if any, and

shall require him to submit within such time

as may be allowed, a written reply or

statement of his defence.

(2) The Judge shall be guided by the

principles of natural justice and shall have

power to regulate his own procedure

including the fixing of places and time of the

enquiry.

(3) The Judge shall have, for the purposes

of discharging his functions under these

rules, the same powers as vested in a civil

court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908

(5 of 1908), while trying a suit, in respect of

the following matters, namely:—

(a) summoning and enforcing the

attendance of any person and examining

him on oath;

(b) requiring the discovery and

production of document;

and

(d) subject to the provisions of sections

123 and 124 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872

(Act 1 of 1872), requisitioning any public

record or document or copy of such record

or document from any office.

(4) After the conclusion of the inquiry, the

Judge shall submit his report to the

Government stating therein his findings and

the reasons thereof on each charges

separately with such observations as he thinks

fit. The report of inquiry shall be submitted to

the Government along with the finding of

the inquiry wherein clearly indicating the

allegations are proved or otherwise.

(5) On the basis of the report of the inquiry

along with the recommendations so received,

the Government shall by Order decide either

to remove or otherwise the Chairperson or

Member, as the case may be.

CHAPTER V

Conditions of service of Officers and other

employees of authority

11. Salary and allowances of officers

and employees of the Authority.— The

Government shall lay down the salary,

allowances and other terms and conditions of

the officers and employees of the Authority as

and when they are appointed in consultation

with the Authority.

FORM – I

[See rule 7]

Form of Oath of Office for the Chairperson/

/Members of the Goa Real Estate

Regulatory Authority

I, ...................................................................... , having

been appointed as the Chairperson/Member (strike

out whichever not applicable) solemnly affirm/

/swear in the name of God, that I will faithfully and

conscientiously discharge my duties as the

Chairperson/Member (strike out the portion not

applicable), of the Goa Real Estate Regulatory

Authority, to the best of my ability, knowledge

and judgment, without fear or favour, affection or

ill-will.

(Name of the Chairperson/Member)

Goa Real Estate Regulatory Authority.

Dated:

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FORM – II

[See rule 7]

Form of Oath of Secrecy for the Chairperson/

/Members of the Goa Real Estate

Regulatory Authority

I, ........................................................., having been

appointed as the Chairperson/Member (strike out

whichever not applicable) do solemnly affirm/swear

in the name of God that I will not directly or

indirectly communicate or reveal to any person or

persons any matter which shall be brought under

my consideration or shall become known to me as

the Chairperson/Member (strike out portion not

applicable), of the Goa Real Estate Regulatory

Authority except as may be required for the due

discharge of my duties as the Chairperson/Member

(strike out portion not applicable).

(Name of the Chairperson/Member)

Goa Real Estate Regulatory Authority.

Dated:

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FORM – III

[See rule 8]

Declaration against acquisition of any adverse

financial or other interest

I, .................................................., having been

appointed as the Chairperson/Member (strike out

portion not applicable) of the Goa Real Estate

Regulatory Authority, do solemnly affirm and declare

that I do not have, nor shall have in future any

financial or other interest which is likely to affect

prejudicially my functioning as the Chairperson/

/Member (strike out portion not applicable), of the

Goa Real Estate Regulatory Authority.

(Name of the Chairperson/Member)

Goa Real Estate Regulatory Authority.

Dated:

By order and in the name of the Governor

of Goa.

J. Ashok Kumar, IAS, Director & ex officio

Addl. Secretary (Urban Development).

Panaji, 23rd October, 2017.