India, April 18 -- The Bombay High Court has directed Goa's Town and Country Planning Board to flag all pending and future applications for enhanced floor area ratio (FAR) and height permissions as subject to an ongoing legal challenge.

A division bench of Justices Valmiki Menezes and Amit S Jamsandekar issued the directions after noting that as many as 255 applications are currently pending before the Board, while refusing to grant interim relief in a PIL against amendments to building regulations in the State.

The Goa bench of the HC on Wednesday ordered that all these applicants, as well as those who may apply in future, be informed about the pendency of a petition challenging the amended Regulation 6.1.1 of the Goa Land Development ...