PANAJI: The increasing trend of non-go’s acquires the name and family name Goans has forced the government to change the change in Goa’s name and family name Act, 1990.
The State Cabinet on Thursday gave approval for amendments in which the authority is now where civilian judge judge of the Junior Division and district judges to decide on the name change application.
Cool that applicant’s parents or the birth of grandparents must be registered in Goa.
Previously, the power was given to sub-registrants or the main registrar for birth and death.
Law Minister Nilesh Cabral told TII that regulations would be issued in one or two days to implement the cabinet decision.
The government has received various complaints that the non-goans whose births are registered in Goa are utilizing services based on the law, and changing their family names according to their needs with GOANS names.
“There is a fear in the minds of goa citizens that the facilities and facilities available for the original Goan population can be disbursed by people from other states by changing their names,” said Cabinet Note.
This action sets a procedure for changes in names and families of other people who are born in the state of Goa.
“Ordonance tries to make it only apply to people from Goan whose parents or grandparents are registered in Goa,” the Cabinet Note said.
In recent years, the country has seen many ‘changes in name’ notices in newspapers, mostly by non-goans.
Such publications raised suspicion and this problem was discussed in the Assembly in 2019.
Also accused that the name was being modified for the purpose of ancestral property problems or for several other motives.
The delegation from Gomantak Bhandari Samaj had called on the Chairman of the Minister of Pramod Sawant urged him to change the change in the name and name of the Goa family, 1990, to prevent the migrant to obtain the name of Goan and receive benefits intended for the castel.
‘Only people from Goan who can change the name’
