The Hon. (Prof.) A.H.M.H. Abayarathna
The Minister acknowledged that 17 local authorities, excluding Ambalangoda Urban Council, Bope-Poddala Pradeshiya Sabha and Habaraduwa Pradeshiya Sabha, are occupying properties that have not been legally vested in them. He stated that requests have been made to vest those properties in the relevant institutions and said any privately owned properties would be investigated, with steps taken either to vest them properly or release them to the rightful parties.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, the first supplementary question raised by the Hon. Member is correct. Except for the Ambalangoda Urban Council, Bope-Poddala Pradeshiya Sabha and Habaraduwa Pradeshiya Sabha, the other 17 local authorities are in occupation of properties without having them legally vested. As stated earlier, we have requested that the properties concerned be vested in the respective institutions. If there are private properties as the Hon. Member mentioned, we can inquire into them and take necessary steps either to vest them or to release them to the relevant parties.
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