Goa Gazette, No. 2526-28, 09 October 2025

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Reg. No. RNP/GOA/32/2024-2026

RNI No. GOAENG/2002/6410

Panaji, ⁰⁹th October, ²⁰²⁵ (Asvina ¹⁷, ¹⁹⁴⁷) SERIES II No. 28

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

Note: There is one Supplement and two Extraordinary issues to the Official Gazette, Series II No. 27 dated 03-10-2025 as

follows:-

1. Supplement dated 06-10-2025 from pages 951 to 954 regarding Notification from Department of Home.

2. Extraordinary dated 07-10-2025 from pages 955 to 956 regarding Notification from Goa Legislature Secretariat.

3. Extraordinary (No. 2) dated 08-10-2025 from pages 957 to 960 regarding Instruction from Department of Finance.

GOVERNMENT OF GOA

Department of Environment & Climate Change

Corrigendum

2-120/2024/ENVT & CC/DIR/975 Date : 01-Oct-2025 Read:- Order No. 2-120/2024/ENVT&CC/DIR/1246 dated 24-10-2024, published in the Official Gazette, Series II No. 31 dated 1st November, 2024.

In the above referred Order, at Sr. No. 11: Prof. Rajiv Kumar Chaturvedi, Associate Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, BITS Pilani, Goa Campus be inserted by substituting Prof. Anita Bhagirathji Agrawal, Associate Professor, BITS Pilani, Goa Campus.

The rest of contents remain the same.

Sachin S. Desai, Director (Envt.) & ex officio Jt. Secretary.

Panaji.

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Department of General Administration

Notification

37/8/2025-GAD-III/4171 Date : 30-Sep-2025 The Government of Goa is pleased to direct that the days specified in the Annexure–I shall be observed as Public Holidays and the days specified in the Annexure–II as Special Holidays in all Government Offices in the State of Goa during the year 2026 (Saka 1946-1947). All Government Offices will be functional on Special Holidays except if the Special Holidays occur on Saturday or Sunday.

2. In addition to the Holidays specified in Annexure-I and Annexure–II, employees are permitted to avail of any two holidays from the list of Restricted Holidays specified in Annexure–III for the year 2026.

3. The Government is also pleased to declare Commercial and Industrial Holidays for the Commercial and Industrial Workers in Goa, as specified in Annexure–IV for the year 2026.

Suggestions are welcomed on e-mail: [email protected] 961OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA SERIES II No. 28 09TH OCTOBER, 2025 4. Further, in exercise of the powers conferred under explanation to Section 25 of the Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881 (Act 26 of 1881) read with Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi, vide Notification No. U.11030/2/73-UTL dated 28/6/1973, the Government of Goa is also pleased to declare the days specified in Annexure–V as Bank Holidays in the State of Goa for the year 2026.

By order and in the name of the Governor of Goa.

Shreyas Dsilva, Under Secretary (GA-I).

Porvorim.

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ANNEXURE–I

List of Public Holidays for the year 2026

* The Holiday mentioned at Sr. No. 4 & 9 are subject to appearance of moon.

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ANNEXURE–II

List of Special Holidays for the year 2026

N.B:-

1. Special Holiday at Sr. No. 1 falls on Sunday as such request for Special Holiday on this day or in lieu of this does not arise.

2. Special Holiday at Sr. No. 2 applied shall be necessarily sanctioned. In case where employees do not avail of the Special Holiday on the designated day, the holiday may be availed of on any working days during the calendar year 2026 only.

3. Special Holiday mentioned at Sr. No. 2 is subject to appearance of moon.

4. Special Holidays can be prefixed or suffixed to any kind of leave.

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ANNEXURE–III

List of Restricted Holidays for the year 2026

ANNEXURE–IV

List of Commercial & Industrial Holidays for the year 2026

According to the decision communicated by Government of India, Ministry of Finance in Memorandum No. F.8 (7) EST (SPI) dated 7th November, 1963 casual employees including daily rated staff will be entitled to paid holidays if they are in service on the preceding and succeeding working days.

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ANNEXURE–V

List of Bank Holidays for the year 2026

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Corrigendum

37/8/2025-GAD-III/4282 Date : 07-Oct-2025 Read:- Notification No. 37/8/2025-GAD-III/4171 dated 30-09-2025.

In the Government Notification dated 30/09/2025 referred to above, the Saka mentioned in first para shall be corrected to read as "Saka 1947-1948" instead of "Saka 1946-1947".

Rest of the contents of the said notification remains unchanged.

By order and in the name of the Governor of Goa.

Shreyas Dsilva, Under Secretary (GA-I).

Porvorim.

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Department of Industries

Order

3/17/2025-IND/230 Date : 01-Oct-2025 Government of Goa is pleased to constitute a committee for framing of State Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy for the State of Goa comprising of the following members:-

(i) Director, Directorate of Industries, Trade & Commerce — Chairperson.

(DITC), Panaji-Goa

(ii) Director, Department of Science, Technology & Waste — Member.

Management, Porvorim-Goa or Representative

(iii) Director, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Cell, ICAR, — Member.

Ela, Old Goa

(iv) Chairman, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Cell, — Member.

DRDRM, Goa University, Taleigao-Goa

— Member.

(v) Shri. Pranay Prabhu Gaonkar, Chairman, IP & Innovation Committee, ASSOCHAM Goa, 607, Gera Imperium Star, Patto, Panaji-Goa

(vi) Prof. Sasidhar Sampathirao, Associate Professor, IIT — Member.

Goa

(vii) Adv. Prasana Timble, Founder-Legawise — Member.

(viii) Deputy Director (Administration), DITC, Panaji-Goa — Member Convener.

Terms of Reference:-

The Committee shall:-

1. Review the existing national IPR policy and relevant policies of other States/UTs.

2. Conduct stakeholder consultations as and when required to collect and analyse inputs.

3. Draft the IPR policy document for State of Goa.

4. The Committee may co-opt members or invite expert members as and when required.

5. The term of the committee shall be for a period of one (01) year which may be extended from time to time by the Government.

By order and in the name of the Governor of Goa.

Amalia O. F. Pinto, Under Secretary (Industries).

Porvorim.

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Order

3/02/2015-IND/231 Date : 01-Oct-2025 The Government of Goa is pleased to constitute a High-Level Committee on Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) and Ease of Living (EoL) Reforms comprising of the following members:

 1.  Chief Minister                                                —   Chairperson.
 2.  Minister for Industries, Panchayat and Transport              —   Member.
 3.  Minister  for  Town  &  Country  Planning,  Forests  and  Urban — Member.
     Development
 4.  Minister for Revenue, Labour and Employment                   — Member.
 5.  Minister for Factories and Boilers                            —   Member.
 6.  Chief Secretary                                               —   Member-Convenor.
 7.  Secretary (Industries)                                        —   Member.
 8.  Secretary (Information Technology)                            —   Member.
 9.  Secretary (Urban Development)                                 —   Member.
10.  Secretary (Panchayat)                                         —   Member.
11.  Secretary (Tourism)                                           —   Member.
12.  Secretary (Revenue)                                           —   Member.
13.  Secretary (Law and Judiciary)                                 —   Member.
14.  Secretary (Transport)                                         —   Member.
15.  Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Department of Forest  —   Member.
16.  Principal Chief Engineer, Public Works Department             —   Member.
17.  Chief Electrical Engineer, Electricity Department             —   Member.
18.  Chief Engineer, Department of Water Resources                 —   Member.
19.  Managing Director, Goa Industrial Development Corporation     —   Member.
20.  Chief Town Planner, Town And Country Planning Department      — Member.
21.  Member Secretary, Goa State Pollution Control Board           —   Member.
22.  Commissioner of Labour and Employment, Office of the          — Member.
     Commissioner, Labour and Employment
23.  Chief Inspector of Factories and Boilers, Inspectorate of Factories — Member.
     and Boilers
24.  Director, Directorate of Industries, Trade & Commerce         —   Member.
25.  Director, Department of Tourism                               —   Member.
26.  Director, Department of Environment and Climate Change        —   Member.
27.  Director, Directorate of Fire and Emergency Services          —   Member.

28. Chief Executive Officer, Goa Electronics Limited — Member.

29. Chief Executive Officer, Goa Investment Promotion and

— Member Secretary.

Facilitation Board

30. Representative of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Goa — Special Invitee.

31. Representative of Goa State Industries Association (GSIA) — Special Invitee.

32. Representative of Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry

— Special Invitee.

(GCCI)

33. Representative of Travel and Tourism Association of Goa (TTAG) — Special Invitee.

34. Representative of Laghu Udyog Bharati, Goa — Special Invitee.

35. Representative of Business Network International (BNI), Goa — Special Invitee.

36. Representative of Associated Chambers of Commerce and — Special Invitee.

Industry of India (ASSOCHAM), Goa

37. Representative of Goa Technology Association (GTA) — Special Invitee.

The terms of reference of the Committee are as follows:-

1. To identity and implement priority reforms for improving Goa's ranking in national and international EoDB assessments.

2. To streamline regulatory processes, reduce compliance burden, and promote investor-friendly practices.

3. To review citizen-centric services with the objective of ensuring time-bound, transparent, and hassle-free delivery under the EoL framework.

4. To monitor progress of reforms measures, resolve inter-departmental issues, and ensure accountability of departments.

5. Any other steps that may be required to improve the Ease of Doing Business and Ease of Living in Goa.

By order and in the name of the Governor of Goa.

Amalia O. F. Pinto, Under Secretary (Industries).

Porvorim.

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Department of Personnel

Order

No. 5/19/2025-PER/2922 Date : 15-Sep-2025 Read: Order No. 5/19/2025-PER/2621 dated 25-08-2025.

In pursuance to Rule 23 of the Goa Civil Service Rules, 2016, the following Junior Scale Officers of Goa Civil Service appointed vide order read in preamble and on probation are hereby drafted for Departmental Training to be conducted at the Goa Institute of Public Administration and Rural Development, Ella Farm, Old Goa with effect from 03-09-2025 to 23-09-2025 (excluding Saturdays and Sundays):-

The training shall be held from 9.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. The Officers shall directly report to Ms. Seema Fernandes, Assistant Director, GIPARD at 9.00 a.m.

Instructions to the probationers trainees:-

1. The trainee shall abide by the instructions issued by GIPARD from time to time during the period of training.

2. Punctuality during the entire course, discipline and decorum in the Institute as well as during study visits, etc. shall be maintained by the trainees.

3. Every trainee shall maintain a daily diary, compulsorily.

4. No errant behavior, on part of the trainee, shall be tolerated during the training and if such behavior is noticed deemed fit action shall be initiated against the trainee.

5. No leave shall be granted during the period of training except in unavoidable circumstances.

Absence from training will have to be justified in writing.

6. Attendance of the trainee for the entire training programme is compulsory.

7. All trainees shall be under the control of the Goa Institute of Public Administration and Rural Development during the entire training period.

By order and in the name of the Governor of Goa.

Raghuraj A. Faldesai, Under Secretary (Personnel-I).

Porvorim.

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Order

7/27/2022-PER/3001 Date : 30-Sep-2025 Read:- Order No. 15041/05/2023-UTS.I dated 16-05-2025.

The Governor of Goa is pleased to relieve Ms. Sneha Suryakant Gitte, IAS (AGMUT:2019), Director, Science & Technology and Waste Management from this Administration w.e.f. 30/09/2025 (a. n.) to join her next posting in Arunachal Pradesh.

By order and in the name of the Governor of Goa.

Raghuraj A. Faldesai, Under Secretary (Personnel-I).

Porvorim.

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Order

7/27/2022-PER/3006 Date : 30-Sep-2025 Ms. Ankita Mishra, IAS, Commissioner of Excise shall hold the charge of Director, Science & Technology and Waste Management, with immediate effect.

By order and in the name of the Governor of Goa.

Raghuraj A. Faldesai, Under Secretary (Personnel-I).

Porvorim.

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Order

13/13/2025-PER/3007 Date : 30-Sep-2025 The Governor of Goa is pleased to grant extension in service to Dr. Rajendra M. Borkar, Chief Medical Officer, Directorate of Health Services beyond the date of his superannuation for a period of one year w.e.f. 01/10/2025 to 30/09/2026, in public interest. This order is subject to Vigilance Clearance, concurrence of Finance Department and approval of Council of Ministers.

The extension is further subject to termination without assigning any reasons during the period of extension.

By order and in the name of the Governor of Goa.

Durga Kinlekar, Under Secretary (Personnel-II).

Porvorim.

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Memorandum

No. 6/4/2016-PER/2471 Date : 07-Aug-2025 Read: (1) Memorandum No. 6/4/2016-PER/3257 dated 24-10-2017.

(2) Memorandum No. 6/4/2016-PER/1025 dated 28-04-2020.

(3) Memorandum No. 6/4/2016-PER/113 dated 09-01-2025. (4) Order No. 6/3/2002/PER(Vol.I) dated 04-07-2017. (5) Order No. 6/3/2002-PER(Vol.I)/3069 dated 11-10-2017.

(6) Order No. 6/3/2002-PER(Vol.I)/940 dated 25-03-2019. (7) Order No. 6/13/2019-PER/972 dated 15-04-2020.

(8) Order No. 6/13/2019-PER/1393 dated 10-06-2021.

Whereas, the seniority of Senior Scale Officers promoted on 09-12-2016 and 10-04-2017 based on the recommendation of the DPC held on 30-11-2016 and 22-03-2017 was finalized vide Memorandum cited at Sr. No. 1 and re-casted vide Memorandum cited at Sr. No. 2 in the preamble;

And whereas, the officer at Sr. No. 42 was placed in the re-casted seniority list cited at Sr. No. 2, on the recommendation of DPC on opening of sealed cover vide Memorandum cited at Sr. No. 3 in the preamble;

And whereas, 20 officers from Sr. No. 78 to 89 and from Sr. No. 91 to 98 were promoted to Senior scale vide orders dated 04-07-2017 and 11-10-2017 cited at Sr. No. 4 & 5 in the preamble as per the recommendations of the DPCs for promotion to Senior Scale held on 28-06-2017 and 27-09-2017 respectively;

And whereas, the officer at Sr. No. 90 was placed in the promotion order dated 04-07-2017 read at Sr. No. 4 in the preamble, on the recommendation of the DPC held on 14-02-2019 vide order cited at Sr. No. 6 in the preamble;

And whereas, the DPCs for promotion to Senior Scale held on 28-06-2017, 27-09-2017 and 14-02-2019 were subsequently reviewed in view of revised seniority list issued in the feeder cadre i.e. Junior Scale of Goa Civil Service and the officers were promoted vide orders dated 15-04-2020 and 10-06-2021 read at Sr. No. 7 and 8 in the preamble in the order of their seniority as recommended vide review DPCs held on 06-03- 2020 and 04-06-2021 respectively. All these officers although available in the Senior Scale as on 04-07-2017 i.e. on the date of issue of tentative seniority list pursuant to which seniority cited at Sr. No. 1 was finalized, inadvertently their names were not included in the tentative seniority list;

And whereas, in view of above, Government has decided to re-cast the seniority of Senior Scale Officers dated 24-10-2017 which was re-casted on 28-04-2020 by incorporating the names of 21 officers promoted vide orders cited from Sr. No. 4 to 8 in the preamble in the order of their seniority as recommended in the DPC;

And now therefore, the seniority of the Senior Scale Officers of Goa Civil Service finalized vide Memorandum referred to in the preamble is re-casted as below:

The seniority shall be subject to the decision that may be taken by the Government in the order of Hon'ble High Court passed in WP No. 1089-2016 and *WP No. 240-2021.

The seniority shall be subject to the outcome of Civil Appeal No. 9587-9590 and 9591-9594-2016 filed in Hon'ble Supreme Court.

Raghuraj A. Faldesai, Under Secretary (Personnel-I).

Porvorim.

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Department of Public Health

Order

7/1/2001-I/PHD/Part-I Date : 01-Oct-2025 On the recommendation of Goa Public Service Commission conveyed vide their letter No. COM/II/12/54(1)/2025/194 dated 25/08/2025, Government is pleased to declare the satisfactorily completion of probation period of two years of Smt. Maria Lyudmilla Janine Coutinho, Junior Scientific Officer (Food) under Directorate of Food and Drugs Administration, with effect from 25/03/2023 i.e the date of completion of her probation period.

By order and in the name of the Governor of Goa.

Dr. Pooja Madkaikar, Under Secretary (Health-II).

Porvorim.

Department of Revenue

Order

35/2/2013-RD/2861 Date : 08-Oct-2025 In exercise of the powers conferred by Clause (b) of sub-section (1) of Section 9 of the Indian Stamp Act,1899 (Act No. 2 of 1899), as in force in the State of Goa, the Government of Goa hereby permits the Life Insurance Corporation of India, Goa Divisional Office, Panaji (hereinafter referred to as the "LIC Goa") to pay consolidated stamp duty of Rs. 30,00,000/- (Rupees thirty lakhs only), chargeable on sums to be insured in the insurance policies issued by its offices in the State of Goa with effect from 1st January, 2025 up to 31st December, 2025 in lieu of affixing stamps upon individual insurance policies, which has been paid vide cheque No. 000941 dated 16/09/2025, drawn on HDFC Bank, Panaji, Goa, subject to the following conditions, namely:—

(a) In case the stamp duty chargeable on the insurance policies issued during the above mentioned period falls short of the stamp duty consolidated herein and paid to the Government, the excess consolidated stamp duty shall be adjusted for the next calendar year 2026.

(b) In case the stamp duty chargeable on the insurance policies issued during the above period exceeds the stamp duty consolidated herein and paid to the Government, the balance amount due towards the stamp duty shall be paid to the Government Treasury by the LIC Goa latest by the first week of January, 2026.

(c) A detailed report of the total stamp duty charged on the sum insured in the insurance policies issued by the offices of the LIC Goa in the State of Goa during the above period shall be submitted to the Secretary (Revenue), Revenue Department, Government of Goa, on or before 31-12-2025.

By order and in the name of the Governor of Goa.

Vrushika P. Kauthankar, Under Secretary (Revenue-I).

Porvorim.

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Department of Town and Country Planning

Notification

36/18/39A/Notification (13F)/TCP/2025/573 Date : 08-Oct-2025 Whereas, the Town and Country Planning Department of the Government of Goa received applications under sub-section (1) of Section 39A of the Goa Town and Country Planning Act, 1974 (Act 21 of 1975) for change of zones in the Regional Plan for Goa 2021 in respect of the plots of land as specified in detail in column Nos. (2) to (7) of the Table below (hereinafter referred to as "the said Proposals");

TABLE

And whereas, in terms of sub-rule (1) of Rule 4 of the Goa Town and Country Planning (Change of zone of land in the Regional Plan or the Outline Development Plan) Rules, 2024 (hereinafter referred to as the "said Rules"), the Town and Country Planning Department after scrutinizing the said proposals placed such proposals alongwith its scrutiny reports before the Goa Town and Country Planning Board for its recommendations/approval/decision;

And whereas, the Goa Town and Country Planning Board approved the said proposals as specified in column no. 8 of the of the above Table;

And whereas, notices as required by sub-rule (2) of Rule 4 of the said Rules were published,-

(i) vide Notification No. 36/18/39A/Notification(26)/TCP/2025/292 dated 09-07-2025, published in the Official Gazette, Series III No. 15 dated 10-07-2025 (as regards proposals at Sr. No. 1, 2 & 5);

(ii) vide Notification No. 36/18/39A/Notification(12)/TCP/2024/59 dated 10-12-2024, published in the Official Gazette, Series III, No. 37 dated 12-12-2024 (as regards proposal at Sr. No. 3);

(iii) vide Notification No. 36/18/39A/Notification(1R)/TCP/2024/36 dated 05-11-2024, published in the Official Gazette, Series III No. 32 dated 07-11-2024 (as regards proposal at Sr. No. 4); and suggestions were invited from the public within a period of thirty days from the date of publication to the said Notifications in the Official Gazette.

And whereas, suggestions received from public were placed before the Goa Town and Country Planning Board in terms of sub-rules (3) of Rule 4 for its recommendation/approval and the Goa Town and Country Planning Board after due consideration of the suggestions received from the public recommended the proposals for change of zone as regards to Sr. No. 1, 2 & 5 in its 218th meeting held on 12-09-2025, Sr. No. 3 in its 212th meeting held on 03-02-2025, Sr. No. 4 in its 209th meeting held on 12-12-2024 and directed to take further action as per sub-rule (4) of Rule 4 of the said Rules;

And whereas, as required by sub-rule (4) of Rule 4 of the said Rules, the recommendation/ approval/decision of the Goa Town and Country Planning Board along with the said proposals were placed before the Government for its decision and the Government has approved the same;

Now, therefore, in view of the recommendation of the Goa Town and Country Planning Board being approved by the Government and in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 39A of the Goa Town and Country Planning Act, 1974 (Act 21 of 1975) read with sub-rule (5) of Rule 4 of the Goa Town and Country Planning (Change of zone of land in the Regional Plan or the Outline Development Plan) Rules, 2024, the Regional Plan and the Outline Development Plan is hereby altered and modified as specified in column No. (8) of above Table and as directed by the Government for carrying out change of zone of land in respect of the plots of land as specified in detail in column Nos. (2) to (7) of above Table.

The alteration and modification of the Regional Plan and the Outline Development Plan as notified in this Notification shall be subject to the outcome of the PIL Writ Petition Nos. 53 of 2024 and 54 of 2024 which are pending final disposal before the Hon'ble High Court of Bombay at Goa.

Vertika Dagur, Chief Town Planner (Planning).

Panaji.

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