The Hon. Sanjeewa Ranasingha
Raises concerns about irregularities and delays in issuing deeds for LRC lands in the Kalutara District, noting that residents of about 180 parcels face hardship, including during school admissions, because they lack formal documentation despite long-term occupation. Asks whether deeds can be expedited to regularize tenure for those with permits and requests a specific timeframe for providing relief.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, as shown in the table presented by the Hon. Deputy Minister, numerous issues have arisen regarding LRC lands in the Kalutara District. Although steps have been taken to issue land deeds to some extent, we observe irregularities. A key issue faced by residents in about 180 land parcels is that, during school admissions, parents are asked to produce deeds, causing undue hardship. Many have lived on these LRC lands for a long time, but without the necessary documentation to confirm their tenure, they face difficulties. My first supplementary question: although permits have been issued, can deeds be expedited to regularize tenure and provide relief to these residents? If so, within what time frame?
Provenance
- Source
- Hansard, Wednesday, 18 February 2026 ·No. 23308 ·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/20242
Cite as: The Hon. Sanjeewa Ranasingha. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 18 February 2026. No. 23308. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/20242