Panaji: Goa’s Director of Panchayats (DoP) Siddhi Harlankar has today through a Memorandum issued through her Block Development Officer (BDO) at the Headquarters directed the Bardez BDO to take necessary action on the complaint filed yesterday by Adv. Aires Rodrigues over the “Silly Souls Café and Bar” at Assagao in Bardez Taluka allegedly being run by the family Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani’s family which was illegally built without obtaining any construction licence. Adv. Aires Rodrigues in his complaint yesterday to the DoP had sought action against the illegally built restaurant.
Drawing the attention of the DoP that within the jurisdiction of Assagao Panchayat in Bardez at Bouta Vaddo in Survey No 236 Sub Division No 21 & 22 a huge illegal construction has come up including a compound wall, Adv. Rodrigues had stated that the construction activity which reportedly started in 2019-2020 is now a huge Bar & Restaurant under the name of “Silly Souls Café and Bar” and that it was pertinent to note that Sub-Division 21 was a tenanted field which had been illegally filled in absolute breach of law.
Stating that all this construction had been done without the required approval and permissions from the concerned authorities including the Panchayat and that any illegal construction cannot be issued for any activity, Adv. Rodrigues had urged the DoP to direct the Assagao Panchayat to immediately seal the entire illegal structure and to take necessary steps as per law to demolish the illegal construction and prosecute the persons involved in this blatant illegal activity done in violation of law.
Acting on a complaint filed by Adv. Aires Rodrigues the Goa Excise Commissioner Narayan M. Gad last week issued a Show Cause notice on the validity of the Excise licence issued to Silly Souls Café and Bar and fixed a hearing on Friday 29th July 2022 at 11 am.
