Xavier Agnelo Minguel Jose Gracias v. State Of Goa, Thr. The Chief Secretary And ANR
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT GOA
WRIT PETITION NO. 81 OF 2025 Xavier Agnelo Minguel Jose Gracias ..
Petitioner
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The State of Goa, through the Chief Secretary and anr ..
Respondents WITH MISCELLANEOUS CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 2610 OF 2025 IN WRIT PETITION NO. 81 OF 2025 Arjun Chandrakant Gaude ..
Applicant
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Xavier Agnelo Minguel Jose Gracias ..
Respondent WITH MISCELLANEOUS CIVIL APPLICATION No.2666 of 2025 IN WRIT PETITION NO. 81 OF 2025 Bhuvaneshwar Faterpekar and ors ..
Applicants
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Xavier Agnelo Minguel Jose Gracias ..
Respondent WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 2486 OF 2025 Shantaram Jaywant Chanekar and anr ..
Petitioners
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Rushina Siddesh Chanekar and anr ..
Respondents ...
Appearance in WRIT PETITION NO.81 OF 2025 Mr Ashwin Ramani, Advocate for the Petitioner. Mr D. Pangam, Advocate General with Mr N. Vernekar, Additional Government Advocate for Respondent No.1.
2/3 WP 81-25.doc Mr Rohit Bras De Sa, Advocate for Respondent No.2. Mr Shivan Desai with Ms A. Thorat, Advocates for the Applicant in MCA No.2610/2025(F).
Mr Gauravvardhan Nadkarni, Advocate for the Applicant in MCA No.2666/2025(F).
Appearance in WRIT PETITION NO.2486 OF 2025 Mr Nigel Da Costa Frias with Mr Shane Coutinho, Advocates for the Petitioners.
Mr Somnath Karpe with Ms S. Vaigankar and Ms Siddhi Parodkar, Advocates for Respondent No.1.
Ms Maria Simone Correia, Additional Government Advocate for Respondent No.2.
CORAM : BHARATI DANGRE & ASHISH S. CHAVAN JJ DATED : 27th FEBRUARY, 2026.
P.C:- The matter being listed under the caption for directions, as we found that Mr.Ramani representing the petitioner in WP No. 81/2025 has not dealt with the points raised by the learned Advocate General in his note as well as we find Mr.Ramani not rejoining the said arguments advanced, and for this purpose, we direct him to file a short note dealing with the contention of the learned Advocate General on or before 6/3/2026.
We also permit Mr. Nigel Frias as well as Mr.Shivan Desai, learned counsel for the intervenor to place their respective written submissions on record. At the same time, we also permit any other counsel who is desirous of placing his
3/3 WP 81-25.doc submission in writing to be placed before us before 6th March 2026, with the copies being exchanged amongst themselves before hand.
Stand over to 13/3/2026 at 2.30 p.m.
(ASHISH S. CHAVAN, J) (BHARATI DANGRE, J.) Signed by: NITI KISHOR HALDANKAR Designation: Private Secretary Date: 05/03/2026 14:17:02