The Hon. (Dr.) Nandana Millagala
Hon. (Dr.) Nandana Millagala questioned the transfer of a 120-year-old Sri Lanka Railways building, formerly used as the Yatiyantota Police OIC’s official residence, to a private individual in 2009 after it was purportedly taken for restoration and regularization. He alleged the property was not returned to the Police and asked whether it could be restored for public use. He further asked what action could be taken if the lease conditions were breached by demolishing the old building and using the premises for political activities.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, if everything was done properly, such a question need not be brought here.
¶ 02 This building belongs to the Sri Lanka Railways, over 120 years old. In 1952 it was given as the official OIC residence of Yatiyantota Police. Thereafter—in 2009—under the pretext of restoring the building and regularizing the premises, it was not returned to the Police but transferred to a private individual with no address given, said to be a relative (aunt’s daughter) of then Provincial Minister and then Organiser, Mr. Srilal Wickramasinghe. In this context, I raise this question to explore the possibility of restoring this property for public use.
¶ 03 My first supplementary: If this property was leased to a private woman for residential and agricultural purposes and the old building was unlawfully demolished and used for political activities, what actions can be taken for breach of lease conditions?
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- Hansard, Tuesday, 6 January 2026 ·No. 23111 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. (Dr.) Nandana Millagala. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 6 January 2026. No. 23111. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/17557