After the district-level committee for North Goa found a hotelstructureto have been constructed illegally in Ashvem, Mandrem, the owners appealed before the (NGT) stating that the order to stop commercial activities at the structure was pronounced before they could present arguments. TheNGT, however, said that even if time was allotted the owners had no arguments to make to show that the structure was legal.
The GCZMA, on receiving a complaint of illegal construction of the hotel, sought comments from the district level committee (DLC). The DLC found that the structures were illegal.