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Restaurant on property owned by former Goa CM sealed for illegal construction

Former BJP leader Parsekar was the chief minister of Goa between 2014 and 2017. He, however, denied any wrongdoing, claiming that he had leased the property to another person, who had been operating the restaurant.

Restaurant on property owned by former Goa CM sealed for illegal constructionFormer Goa chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar. (Photo generated via AI)
3 min readPanajiJan 16, 2026 07:51 AM IST First published on: Jan 16, 2026 at 07:51 AM IST

The authorities Thursday sealed a restaurant built on a property owned by former Goa chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar in North Goa’s Pernem for alleged illegal construction on a salt pan.

An order issued by Deputy Collector Pernem Shivprasad Naik Wednesday stated that upon perusal of a report filed by the mamlatdar/talathi of Pernem taluka, certain discrepancies were noted in the survey number 52/1 of Arambol village in Pernem. It said a structure/restaurant by the name ‘Ottello’ having approximately 700 square metre plinth, including wooden cottages erected on permanent plinth, was operating on land owned by Parsekar.

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“The wooden pathway/bridge erected in water bodies without obtaining the valid conversion sanad or permissions from the authorities. Gut book also speaks about the survey number 52/1 being covered under water bodies/salt pan,” the order said.

Pavneet Singh Chadha is the Goa Correspondent of The Indian Expre... Read More

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