The Hon. Ajith P. Perera
Ajith P. Perera asked the Minister of Justice and National Integration about the damaged, unused official residence of the Panadura District Judge on De Silva Road, including plans for restoration and details of a partially constructed abandoned building on the premises and expenditure incurred. He also sought information on measures to provide official residences for judicial officers in Panadura, the extent of related State lands near the Panadura seashore, and steps to utilize those lands effectively.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Question to the Minister of Justice and National Integration:
¶ 02 (a) Will he inform this House— (i) whether the official residence of the District Judge (formerly known as Chandrasekara Walawwa) located on De Silva Road, Panadura has been severely damaged due to non-use and lack of maintenance; (ii) the steps that will be taken to restore the said premises to usable condition; (iii) the details of the building that has been abandoned after being partially constructed within the said premises; and (iv) the amount of money that has been spent so far on the construction of the said building?
¶ 03 (b) Will he also inform this House the— (i) measures that will be taken to address the requirements for official residences for the Magistrates, District Judges and the High Court Judge serving in Panadura; (ii) extent of State lands situated near the Panadura seashore that were previously used for the official residences of judges; and (iii) steps that will be taken to effectively utilize the said lands?
¶ 04 (c) If not, why?
Provenance
- Source
- Hansard, Tuesday, 6 January 2026 ·No. 23111 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
- Page · column
- not yet extracted — page/column anchors are not in the current dataset; the source PDF is the citable location.
- Permalink
/lk/speeches/17686
Cite as: The Hon. Ajith P. Perera. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 6 January 2026. No. 23111. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/17686