State Act
Section 334-A
90[Article 334-A.— Notwithstanding anything contained in article 334, but subject to article 327, a Comunidade may subject to such guidelines as the Government, may, from time to time, issue, grant on lease 91[not more than 10,000 sq. metres of land to educational societies for construction of playgrounds and ] 92[not more than 400 sq. metres of] land for construction of houses or buildings, without auction, to any of the following categories or for purposes 93[except that the Co-operative Housing Societies of landless person may be granted land not more than 800 sq. mts.]:- i) Public, Charitable or Religious Institutions; ii) For any scheme of providing housing to the economically weaker sections; iii) Small scale Industrial purposes; iv) Government Departments or local bodies; v) Co-operative Housing Societies of landless persons; vi) Government servants or employees of the Comunidades 94[who are landless]; vii) Landless Jonoeiros; viii) 95[Landless] Freedom Fighters; ix) Such other categories or purposes as may be notified by the Government, from time to time. Provided that every notifications issued under this clause shall be laid as soon as may be, after it is issued, before the Legislative Assembly: 96[Provided further that institutions of public utility and associations of professional bodies duly recognised by the Government may also be granted not more than 10,000 sq. metres of Comunidade land on lease for construction of houses or buildings, without auction Provided further that the educational societies, institutions of public utility, social organisation and associations professional bodies duly recognised by the Government and have been granted Comunidade land under any other provisions of law or are in actual possessions of the land, shall be deemed to have granted the same under the provisions of this Legislative Diploma, on payment of annual lease rent]. 97[Provided further that the Government may, with the prior consent of the concerned Comunidade, grant on lease, land admeasuring upto 2 lakh sq. mts., to any educational or health institution or any charitable and/or social trust or society or any similar social institution of public utility or engaged in the field of education or health, duly recognised by the Government, for the purpose of any Scheme, without auction: Provided further that the scheme for which such grant is made on lease shall be scheme which is duly approved by the Government and for which a certificate of “No objection” has been issued by the Government.] Provided further that the members of Cooperative Housing Societies and the persons belonging to the categories (vi), (vii) and (viii) above are residing in Goa for preceeding 98[15] years: Provided also that no person 99[or members of the Co-operative Housing Societies, as the case may be] whose annual income exceeds 100[Rs.3,50,000/-] or such amount as may be prescribed by the Government shall be eligible for grant of land on lease without auction.] 101[Explanation 1.— For the purpose of the Article, the word “landless” means that neither the person nor his or her spouse or minor child owns a plot of land or house in the State of Goa. The word “house” shall also include a flat or apartment. Explanation 2.— For the purpose of this Article, the annual income of the person shall be construed to mean the annual income of the person and of his or her spouse or minor child.]