The scale of the legal dispute that is holding up the urban development of Sonnenland in Maspalomas is reflected in the exhaustive list of mandatory appearances issued by the courts. The Administrative Court Number 6 of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, through the Island Water Council, has ordered the formal notification of all individuals, legal entities, and public bodies whose rights and property interests depend directly on the future of the El Tablero Ravine, requiring them to formally appear within a non-extendable period of nine business days.
The court order first cites the commercial entities and corporations directly linked to land development and financial transactions in the sector. Among the affected legal entities are the original developer, Sonnenland Inversiones, SL, along with the companies Úrsula Diepes, SL, Valdepromo, SL, Gedetec, Kaushilya e Hijos, SL, Gestión Urbanística Lancer, SL, CL Prolonga, SL, Valmare Canaria, SL, Obras y Contratas Sánchez Moreno, SL, and Europalma 2005, SL. The order also includes Banco Santander, SA as an interested bank and the Spanish Tax Agency, through the Government Delegation of the Ministry of Finance, due to the tax and public land implications of the process.
The majority of those affected comprise a large number of private property owners and members of long-established families with deep roots in the municipality of San Bartolomé de Tirajana. The court has summoned the plaintiff, Ricardo Pascual Marina, as well as Juan Viera Pestana, Heinrich Griesenbruch, Estrella Marina Viera Ramírez, Asunción Rosa Viera Ramírez, María Viera Ramírez, María Encinoso Sánchez, Josefa Jesús Santana Castellano, Antonio Sosa Godoy, Expedita Mendoza Gil, María Francisca Montserrat Rodríguez San José, Sarla Mohandas Sadarangani, Sunil Sadarangani Sadarangani, Rakhi Mohandas Sadarangani Sadarangani, Mina Mohandas Sadarangani Sadarangani, and Sharmila Mohandas Sadarangani.
The list of individuals continues in detail, incorporating the citizens Roberto Pestana Jiménez, Nicolás Alexis Pestana Jiménez, Francisco Asís Pestana Jiménez, Silvestre Pérez Sánchez, Inmaculada Santana Álamo, Juana Efigenia Pestana Santana, María Elisa Pestana Santana, Josefa Vega Pestana, Domingo Socas López, Raquel Socas Vega, Judit Socas Vega, Dolores Vega Pestana, María Esther Artiles Vega, Carmen Delia Artiles Vega, Inocencio Pablo García Ramírez, Paula Ramírez León, Klaus Dieter Fietz, Diego Sánchez Vega, Pablo Vega Monroy, José Vega Monroy, Ernesto Lázaro Martín, Carmen Montesdeoca López, Agustín Pestana Suárez, Alejandro Pestana Suárez, Reyes Monroy Santana, Asunción Pestana Monroy, Francisco Vega Pestana, Carmen Vega Pestana, Alejandro Vega Pestana, Pablo Vega Pestana, Pedro Vega Pestana, Asunción Vega Pestana and Manuel Pestana Jiménez.
The procedure also directly affects Jacinta Viera Pestana, Faustina Ramírez Perera, Óscar Viera Ramírez, Raúl Viera Ramírez, Patricia Viera Ramírez, Nélida Socas Vega, Celia Artiles Franco, María Auxiliadora Artiles Artiles, María Ángeles Artiles Viera, Cristina Artiles Viera, Mariola Pino Artiles Viera, Elena Artiles Viera, Néstor Yussua Artiles Viera, Daniel Artiles Guerra, Álvaro Artiles Guerra, Pedro del Castillo y Bravo de Laguna, Alejandro del Castillo y Bravo de Laguna, Ana del Castillo y Bravo de Laguna, María Luisa Sarmiento Vega, Silvia Vega Santana, Rita María Melián Pestana, Pedro Melián Santana, María Ángeles Melián Santana, Pedro Pablo Melián Santana, Mercedes Cabrera Melián and Carmen María Martín Franco.
Finally, the municipal edict gives a leading role to undivided estates and inheritances that hold shared ownership of the Sonnenland properties, expressly citing the heirs of María Carmen Pestana Jiménez, represented by María José Siverio Pestana and Carlos Fidel Siverio Pestana. Also in the same legal situation are Eva Pilar Sánchez Marrero as heir of Diego Sánchez Vega; María del Rosario Artiles Viera and Pedro A. Artiles Viera as successors of Agustina Viera Pestana; Alicia del Carmen Viera Viera and Cecilia Viera Viera on behalf of Carmen Viera Pestana; Ana M.ª Rivero Viera, Bedelía del Carmen Rivero Viera, Jorge Rivero Viera, and Luis F. Rivero Viera as heirs of Ana Viera Pestana; and Pablo Antonio Ramírez Viera representing the estate of Dolores Viera Pestana. All of them must appear immediately to avoid the defenselessness of their rights regarding the Hornillo project.
