31 March 2010
Supreme Court
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GOAN REAL ESTATE & CONSTRN.LD. Vs PEOPLE'S MOVEMENT FOR CIVIC ACTION &ORS.

Case number: T.P.(C) No.-000758-000758 / 2008
Diary number: 20783 / 2008


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Non-Reportable

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

CIVIL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION

TRANSFER PETITION (CIVIL) NO.758 OF 2008

Goan Real Estate &  Construction Ltd. & Anr.      … Petitioner

Versus

People’s Movement for  Civic Action & Ors.      … Respondents

J U D G M E N T

J.M. Panchal, J.

1. By filing this petition under Section 25 of  the Code of  

Civil  Procedure,  1908,  the  petitioners  who  are  original  

respondent  Nos.6  and 7  before  the  High  Court  in  PIL  Writ  

Petition  No.403  of  2007  have  prayed  to  transfer  the  

proceedings  of  PIL  Writ  Petition  No.403  of  2007  titled  as

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People’s Movement for Civic Action and Anr. Vs.  Goa Coastal  

Management Authority & Ors. pending before the High Court  

of Judicature at Bombay, Bench at Goa, Panaji to this Court  

and  be  heard  along  with  Special  Leave  Petition  (Civil)  

No.16728 of 2008.  This Court has heard the learned counsel  

for the parties.  It may be mentioned that the petitioner had  

filed  Writ  Petition  (Civil)  No.329  of  2008  which  has  been  

disposed of by a separate judgment.  On leave being granted in  

Special  Leave Petition (Civil)  No.16778 of 2008, Civil  Appeal  

No.5281  of  2008  was  registered.   The  said  appeal  was  

disposed  of  by  judgment  dated  August  28,  2008  while  

disposing  of  the  appeal,  the  petitioners  were  permitted  to  

complete the incomplete construction work done by them at  

their own risk and cost.  PIL Writ Petition No.403 of 2007 is  

pending  before  the  High  Court  of  Judicature  at  Bombay,  

Bench at Goa, Panaji since long.   

2. No case is made out by the petitioners to withdraw to  

transfer  the  said writ  petition  to  this  Court  and decide  the  

same  along  with  Special  Leave  Petition  No.16728  of  2008.  

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Therefore, the instant application is liable to be rejected.  For  

the foregoing reasons the application fails and rejected.  There  

shall be no order as to costs.

………………………CJI.   

…………………………J. [J.M. Panchal]

New Delhi; March 31, 2010.

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