By our Special Correspondent

Panaji (Goa)

Goa Lokayukta Justice (retired) PK Mishra has initiated preliminary inquiry into the complaint filed by Goa Foundation against former chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar in the illegal grant of second renewals to 88 mining leases, which is quashed by Supreme Court.

The first hearing in the matter is scheduled on April 2, wherein the complaint is asked to appear.

GF director Claude Alvares said that he is been asked to be present before Goa Lokayukta on April 2.

The complaint has accused Parsekar along with  then State Mines Secretary Pawan Kumar Sain and current Director Mines and Geology Prasanna Acharya for entering into unholy conspiracy to renew 88 mining leases to several persons in Goa that resulted into loss of Rs 1,44,000 crore to State exchequers.

 “This Complaint is being filed before this authority with a plea for it to investigate the circumstances that led to the en masse second renewal of 88 mining leases in the State of Goa to various private stakeholders (lease holders) including one multinational corporation from the period November 1, 2014 to January 12, 2015 through flagrant abuse of power and conspiracy by the persons listed as respondents in this complaint,” the complaint had prayed.