Taking serious note of the former President Aniceto Menezes suo motto issuing a NOC to one Christopher Furtado to extract basalt from communidade property, the general body directed the managing committee to lodge a police complaint against him for breach of trust and fraud.

Besides, the managing committee was also asked to initiate proceedings against the former president for not only violating the procedures laid down in the Code of Communidades but also acting against the interest of the Communidade.

It may be pertinent to note that residents of Cavorim have for quite a number of years now been protesting against the lease granted by the Communidade to the said Christopher as the explosives used by him are causing a nuisance to them.

Despite these protests Anicet issued the NOC without consulting either the Attorney or the Secretary for reasons best known to him.

More serious is the fact that while earlier Christopher was leased only 600 sq mts of land, through this fraudulent NOC Anicet leased him 5,000 sq. mts of land thereby giving away Communidade land as if it was his own personal property.

Anicet is the bearded person who runs a bar called Casa de Goa at Bindimoll.

The Communidade components also took a serious note of the office of the Administrator of Communidades South Goa breaching the laid down procedure and accepting applications for renewal of leases instead of directing the parties to submit the same to the Communidade.

The Administrator’s office forwarded an application by the same Christopher Furtado to renew his lease which has expired on 30^th March 2010 and was fraudulently renewed till November 2010 by the former President.

The Managing Committee was directed to ask the Administrator to first submit his report on the complaint made by the committee against the said Christopher Furtado for trespassing into Communidade land and continuing with the quarrying operations even though the lease has expired.

In another important decision, the General Body constituted a sub-committee comprising of five components to identify all the encroachments on Communidade properties in the village and assist the Attorney in acting against them.

The committee comprises of Joaquim Fernandes alias Joliz, Anthony Antao, Luel Fernandes, Joseph Bertrand D’Silva alias Joboy and Julio D’Silva.

Your inputs are also solicited through this site, which we shall present to the committee and also the Gram Sabha that will finally decide the plan.

Hence, Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott has decided to organise a Christmas Party for senior citizens from Chandor, Cavorim and Guirdolim on 21st December 2008 from 3:30 pm onwards at the Panchayat Hall, Cavorim.

The budget is pegged at Rs. 30,000/- as each and every guest will be presented a designer momento. Hence any contribution from you towards meeting this figure is welcome.