The <i> mokasodari </i> system has its origin in pre-liberation Goa when mokasodars used to collect revenue from the villagers. Says Amrut Kasar, land rights expert, a <i>mokasodar</i> was not just a revenue collectors, he enjoyed a high social and political status in the village. The Portuguese colonial rulers allowed the <i>mokasodar'</i>s permanent land rights. <br><br> But there is no legal clarity over these rights because the original residents of the villages, the <i>goankar</i>s, also claim ownership over the land they have been tilling and living on for centuries now. <br>