About the Board

Duties of Officers / Staff

Roles and responsibilities of officers and staff at the Goa Housing Board, from the Board of Directors and Managing Director through to Multi-Tasking Staff.

Department: Goa Housing Board
Head Office: Building “A”, 2nd Floor, New Market Complex, Opp. Delfinos, Porvorim, Goa 403521 — Tel. 0832‑2412925
South Division: Gogol, Margao, Goa

Charges

Sr. No.	Designation	Status
1	Board of Directors	The Board consists of a Chairman and eight other members including one member who is an Officer of Government. The Board is constituted by the Government. The present Board was nominated in the year 2025 vide notification no. 2/19/2007/HSG/Part/102 dated 28/10/2025: (1) Shri Jit Arolkar — Chairman, (2) Adv. Shri Sunil Shetye — Member, (3) Shri Sagar Chandrakant Tilve — Member, (4) Shri Pravin Bhanudas Vaigankar — Member, (5) Secretary (Housing) or his nominee not below the rank of Under Secretary — Member, (6) Managing Director — Member Secretary, (7) Shri Kishor Asnodkar, r/o Porvorim Goa — Member, (8) Shri Shankar @ Suraj Naik, r/o Shiroda Goa — Member, (9) Finance Secretary or his nominee not below the rank of Under Secretary — Member.
2	Managing Director	Nominated by the Government and acts as Chief Executive of the Board. Exercises control and superintendence over other employees. Holds appointing and disciplinary authority. Government rules like Financial Power Rules and Treasury Rules are delegated to him.
3	Housing Engineer	Head of Technical Sections, holds powers of Superintending Engineer of PWD. Currently vacant; charge is held by the Executive Engineer due to retirement of the previous officer.
4	Executive Engineers	There are three divisions — North, South and Planning — each under an Executive Engineer.
5	Chief Accounts Officer	Handles financial policies, budgets, salary control, and asset registers. Supervises GPF and pension accounts of staff and officers.
6	Assistant Engineers	9 Assistant Engineers, each allocated to various construction and land-development sites.
7	Assistant Architect	Prepares architectural layouts and building plans for Board schemes, and obtains approvals from local authorities.
8	Office Superintendent	Supervises the administrative branch, handles Board staff matters, and maintains Board meeting minutes.
9	Accountant	3 Accountants at Head Office and one in each Division. Maintain ledgers, prepare trial balances, handle refunds and budget data.
10	Estate Manager / Head Clerk	Deals with purchasers, sale-deed drafting, and maintains scheme registers.
11	Junior Engineers	9 Junior Engineers working under Assistant Engineers.
12	Draughtsman Grade I	Drafts scaled building / site layout plans with sections and elevations for submission to authorities.
13	Upper Division Clerk	8 UDCs handling advertisements for premises, scrutiny of applications, and sale / allotment of flats and shops.
14	Junior Stenographer	Handles dictation and typing for the Managing Director and Housing Engineer, including Board meeting documentation.
15	Lower Division Clerk	8 LDCs performing typing, leave processing, billing, and register / file maintenance.
16	Multi Tasking Staff	Entry of incoming and outgoing letters; maintenance of entry register, outward files and inward register; ammonia printing and operating duplicating machine; supervising works at sites entrusted to them; attending dispatch work and delivery of correspondence to the Bank, Post Office and other Departments; maintaining dispatch and stamp registers; opening and closing the office, operating the Xerox machine; cleaning of tables, chairs, racks, cupboards; sweeping and cleaning of toilets and floors; removing cobwebs in the office.

House Sites (Land Acquisition)

Sr. No.	Description	Status
1	Total extent of land acquired for housing sites	An area of 330.17 hectares has been acquired by the Housing Board since 1969 for providing house sites / tenements to beneficiaries.
2	Details of land acquired, compensation paid, survey-number-wise, etc.	The Land Acquisition register is maintained, showing details of land acquired, compensation paid, possession taken over, etc.