5,000 applications to be clear under Majhe Ghar scheme: CM

Panaji: Chief minister Pramod Sawant on Wednesday said that over 5,000 applications have been approved under Majhe Ghar scheme. He said that around 3,000 orders are ready to be handed over to the house owners. A total of 1,000 orders will be handed over to the house owners of South Goa district on Thursday at Margao’s Ravindra Bhavan.

Sawant said more than 95% of houses on govt land belong to Goans.

He said that state govt will not allow all migrants to construct illegal houses. “My govt does not promote illegal construction in Goa. We have streamlined the process so that there is no illegal house constructed in Goa,” the CM said.

He said that in case there are any issues related to the Majhe Ghar scheme, then specific counters have been arranged so that queries can be resolved.

Sawant said that a similar programme will be organised in North Goa district. He said that the comunidade that refuses to issue no objection certificate (NoC) to regularise a house on their land, then within a month, the administrator of comunidade will issue NOCs to those households.

Regarding the regularisation of houses on encroached comunidade land, state govt, through the Goa Legislative Diploma No. 2070 (Amendment) Bill, 2025, inserted an article allowing the regularisation of dwelling houses built on comunidade land before February 28, 2014, by landless individuals.

On the Goa Regularisation of Unauthorised Construction (Amendment) Bill, 2025, the bill opens a new two-year window for applicants who missed previous deadlines or faced rejection. Consent from co-owners is no longer needed, and area limits have increased to 600sqm in rural areas and 1,000sqm in urban areas.

The deputy collector will consider and dispose of any objections or suggestions received within 30 days from the expiry of the notice period to regularise the houses on govt land.

The beneficiaries of the regularisation of houses on govt land will not be able to sell or transfer the land, or any portion of it, until 20 years have passed from the date of regularisation.

State govt has said that even after 20 years, any transfer of the land shall be subject to govt decision.

The rules specify that applicants may face jail time of up to two years or a fine of up to Rs 1 lakh if they furnish a false declaration or document for the allotment of the govt land.