Roshan Luke Mathias And ANR v. The State Of Goa, Thr. Its Chief Secretary And 11 ORS

28 PILWP(F) 1143 2025 dishanagvekar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY AT GOA

PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION WP NO.1143 OF 2025 (F) WITH MISC.CIVIL APPLICATION NO.163 OF 2026 PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION WP NO.1143 OF 2025 (F) ROSHAN LUKE MATHIAS AND ANR ... PETITIONERS

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THE STATE OF GOA, THR. ITS CHIEF SECRETARY AND 11 ORS ... RESPONDENTS WITH MISC.CIVIL APPLICATION NO.163 OF 2026 IN PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION WP NO.1143 OF 2025 (F) ROSHAN LUKE MATHIAS AND ANR ... APPLICANT

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THE STATE OF GOA, THR. ITS CHIEF SECRETARY AND 11 ORS ... RESPONDENTS Mr Nigel Costa Frias with Mr. K. Panchal and Mr Vineet Surlekar, Advocates for the Petitioners.

Mr. Deep D. Shirodkar, Additional Government Advocate for Respondent Nos. 1 to 3, 5, 6 and 9.

Mr. P. A. Kamat, Advocate for Respondent No.7. Ms. E. Braganza, Advocate for Respondent No.8. Mr. Janak Dwarkadas, Senior Advocate (Through V.C.) with Mr. Shivan Desai, Mr Pravin Bahadur, Mr Abhishek S., Ms Tahira Menezes, Ms. Aishwarya Thorat and Ms Maria Viegas, Advocates for Respondent No.10.

Mr. Pinaki Misra, Senior Advocate (Through V.C.) with Mr. Pravin Bahadur, Mr Shivan Desai, Mr Abhishek S., and Ms. Aishwarya Thorat, Advocates for Respondent No. 11. CORAM:- VALMIKI MENEZES & AMIT S. JAMSANDEKAR, JJ.

DATED :- 30th March, 2026 P.C.:

30th March, 2026

28 PILWP(F) 1143 2025 Registry to waive office objections and register the present petition.

2. For the reasons stated in the application, the application for amendment of the petition is allowed. The amendment to be carried out within a week from today. The amended copy of petition to be served by the Petitioner to the Respondent within one week. Affidavit in reply, if any, shall be filed within four weeks thereafter.

3. List this petition on 16/06/2026.

4. Amendment of the petition is allowed without prejudice to the rights and contentions raised by the parties. AMIT S. JAMSANDEKAR, J.

VALMIKI MENEZES, J.

30th March, 2026