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The projected amendment underscores the Goa Govt’s committedness to safeguarding the rights of protected tenants, ensuring that immoderate transportation of their homes requires their explicit consent
The Goa Government has introduced a Bill successful the Legislative Assembly seeking to prohibit the transportation of houses occupied by ‘mundkars’ oregon tenants without their consent.
The Goa Mundkars (Protection from Eviction) (Amendment) Bill, 2026 was tabled connected Tuesday (January 14, 2026) during the ongoing wintertime league by Revenue Minister Atanasio Monserrate.
It seeks to amend the Goa Mundkars (Protection from Eviction) Act, 1975 by substituting Section 9 which deals with restrictions connected the transportation of dwelling houses by ‘bhatkars’ (landlords).
A ‘mundkar’ is simply a protected tenant oregon nonmigratory with humanities rights to their dwelling.
As per the Bill, nary landlord volition beryllium allowed to transportation a mundkar’s dwelling location to immoderate idiosyncratic different than the mundkar. The transportation to a 3rd enactment volition beryllium permitted lone with the mundkar’s consent done a registered instrument.
The mundkar would beryllium a confirming enactment to specified a transaction, the Bill says.
The amendment besides states that portion a landlord whitethorn sell, exchange, owe oregon different transportation the remaining spot successful which specified a dwelling location is situated, it shall not impact the rights, extortion oregon privileges conferred upon a mundkar nether the Act.
Any transportation successful contravention of these provisions volition beryllium null and void.
According to the Statement of Objects and Reasons, the amendment aims to further fortify the extortion afforded to mundkars and forestall the alienation of their dwelling houses without their consent.
