Panaji (Goa) Gearing up to hand over tenancy cases back to mamlatdars, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has promised to set up fast track courts and appoint special mamlatdars to clear the cases post upcoming panchayat elections.

“Our government is working to have special mamlatdars and fast track courts to clear pending cases. The move is likely to give relief to tenants across the state and is expected to come into effect once panchayat polls are over,” Parrikar told media persons.

“The file is currently being vetted by the law department,” he said.

The panchayat polls are scheduled to take place on June 11 and counting on June 13.

In August 2014, Government had introduced Goa Agriculture Tenancy (Amendment) Act, transferring tenancy cases to civil courts in a bid to reduce the over 4,000 pending cases. However the move was strongly criticized by the tenants across the State.

As Government intends to withdraw the controversial amendment through an Ordinance, it is likely to fix a time period within which the mamlatdar will have to conclude hearings in a tenancy case or else the matter would be transferred to the civil court.

Team TNV