The Hon. Sunil Watagala, Attorney-at-Law - Deputy Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs

Jathika Jana balawegaya· Colombo· 6 January 2026 ·Oral question: Oral Question: OIC Official Residence and Land at Yatiyantota Police Station (Q. relating to Dr. Nandana Millagala)

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The Deputy Minister, replying on behalf of the Minister, stated that the Yatiyantota property used as the OIC’s official residence has no recorded formal handover date to the Sri Lanka Police and was leased in 2013 to a party for residential and agricultural purposes during regularization of railway reserve lands. He said State Lands law applies, referred to a 2015 letter from the Yatiyantota Divisional Secretary tabled as Annex 01, and noted there is no information it was officially assigned for political activities or that police received complaints about alterations or unauthorized construction.

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¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, on behalf of the Minister, I provide the following:

¶ 02 (a) (i) The land with the building has been used as the OIC’s official residence at Yatiyantota; however, there are no records on the date it was formally handed over to or used by the Sri Lanka Police. In 2013, under the regularization of Yatiyantota railway reserve lands, at the land kachcheri and inquiry into objections, this land was given to a party on a long-term lease for residential and agricultural purposes. (ii) The State Lands law applies. (iii) Refer Yatiyantota Divisional Secretary’s letter No. YAT/LAN/LGNT/A04/16 dated 2015.05.21 submitted herewith (Annex 01). Annex 01 is tabled and available to the Hon. Member. (iv) There is no information that it was officially assigned for political activities. (v) No complaints have been submitted to the Sri Lanka Police by relevant institutions regarding alterations or unauthorized constructions.

¶ 03 (b) Does not arise.

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Source: Hansard, Tuesday, 6 January 2026 ·No. 23111 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Sunil Watagala, Attorney-at-Law - Deputy Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 6 January 2026. No. 23111. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/17556