Bombay High Court

CAETANO VINCENT DE MARIA MASCARENHASversusVILLAGE PANCHAYAT OF RAIA AND 4 ORS

Disposal: Disposed of
Bench: VALMIKI MENEZES AMIT S JAMSANDEKAR

Holding

The review application was disposed of as the applicant withdrew the request for relief.

Summary

The applicant, Caetano Vincent de Maria Mascarenhas, filed a civil review application challenging the denial of a construction licence by the Village Panchayat of Raia. During the hearing, the applicant's counsel informed the court that the licence had subsequently been granted by the respondent Panchayat. Consequently, the applicant expressed that he no longer wished to pursue the review. The court accepted this statement and disposed of the review application without further adjudication. No substantive legal reasoning on the merits was required as the matter became moot.

Issues considered

Whether the review application should be entertained when the relief sought (issuance of a construction licence) has already been granted.

Subjects

review application
construction licence
withdrawal of proceedings
civil procedure
mootness

Judgment

2026:BHC-GOA:376-DB
                                             36 CAREV 4 2026

                Sonam

                        IN THE HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY AT GOA
                         CIVIL APPLICATION (REVIEW) NO.4 OF 2026

           CAETANO VINCENT DE MARIA
           MASCARENHAS                                                 ... APPLICANT
             Versus
           VILLAGE PANCHAYAT OF RAIA AND 4
           ORS                                                         ... RESPONDENTS


           Mr. Jagannath J. Mulgaonkar with Ms. Shweta Parulekar, Advocates for
           the Applicant.

           Ms. Olicia Fernandes, Advocate for Respondent No. 1.

           Mr. Suhas Parab, Advocate for Respondent Nos. 2, 3 and 4.


                                CORAM:- VALMIKI MENEZES &
                                        AMIT S. JAMSANDEKAR, JJ.
                                DATED :- 4th March, 2026

           P.C.:


           1.      Learned Advocate for the Applicant submits that in view of the
           fact that the construction licence, which is the subject matter of the
           petition, has now been issued by Respondent No.1, they would not
           press for the Review Application. In view of the statement made by the
           learned Advocate for the Applicant, the Civil Application (Review)
           No. 4/2026 stands disposed of.



            AMIT S. JAMSANDEKAR, J.                      VALMIKI MENEZES, J.

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