MARGAO

The failure of the South Goa District Planning Committee (DPC) to prepare a Consolidated District Development Plan for the financial year 2025–26 may soon bring several Constitutional bodies — including the Zilla Panchayat, village Panchayats, and Municipal Councils — under the scanner.

In its defence, the South Goa DPC may argue that it refrained from preparing the district plan for 2025-26 because the District Development Plan for 2024–25 continues to gather dust for want of government action for over a year now.

However, the moot question remains — even if the government has shown apathy and neglect toward the 2024–25 District Development Plan, can the Zilla Panchayats, village Panchayats, and Municipal bodies escape their statutory duty to prepare their respective annual deve

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