Mr. Diogo Venancio Pinto Thr. Poa Mr. Richard Dionisio Pinto., v. State Of Goa Thr. The Chief Secretary And 2 ORS.,

Diago Venancia Pinto v State of Goa 27-WP382-17.doc meena

IN THE HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY AT GOA

WRIT PETITION NO. 382 OF 2017 Diago Venancia Pinto

...Petitioner

Versus

State Of Goa & Ors.

...Respondents

Mr Vivek Rodrigues, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr Dattaprasad Lawande, Advocate General with Ms P Kalangutkar, Additional Government Advocate, for respondents No 1 and 2 .

Mr Shailesh Redkar, Advocate under Legal Aid Scheme for respondent No 3.

CORAM:

G.S. PATEL & NUTAN D. SARDESSAI, JJ DATED:

21st August 2017 PC:- 1.

On behalf of the Petitioner, his son, who holds his Power of Attorney, is present in the Court. He instructs Mr Rodrigues to make a statement that the Petitioner's dues to the electric supply company will be paid within four weeks from today. That statement is accepted.

2.

The Petitioner will be at liberty to adopt appropriate proceedings to recover the disputed amount from the Respondent No 3. Those proceedings will be decided on their merits uninfluenced by the present order.

21st August 2017

Diago Venancia Pinto v State of Goa 27-WP382-17.doc 3.

The Petitioner has a electricity connection to an outhouse as mentioned in para 14 of the petition. The Petitioner seeks to have that electric connection discontinued or disconnected. He has made necessary application. Respondents No 1 and 2 will process that the application within two weeks from today, subject of course to clearance of all dues against that connection. 4.

There is a Civil Suit pending between the Petitioner and Respondent No 3, which is said to be at evidence stage. It has been pending since 2008. It is RCS No 902/2008/B before the Civil Judge Senior Division, Mapusa. The learned Judge is requested to take up the suit at the earliest and to dispose of it as soon as possible, preferably by 31st January 2018.

NUTAN D. SARDESSAI J.

G. S. PATEL J.

21st August 2017