The Hon. Aravinda Senarath - Deputy Minister of Land and Irrigation
The Deputy Minister provided district-wise figures for land permits and title deeds in Ampara, Trincomalee and Batticaloa, stating that 8,268 permits had been obtained and 3,681 title deeds issued across the three districts. He said 5,417 title deeds remain to be issued and that instructions have been issued through the Commissioner General of Lands’ Circular No. 2025/02 to Divisional Secretariats and relevant institutions to expedite the process.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, on behalf of the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation, I answer as follows:
¶ 02 (a) (i) Number of land permits obtained: - Ampara – 3,779 - Trincomalee – 1,469 - Batticaloa – 3,020
¶ 03 (ii) Number of Title Deeds issued: - Ampara – 2,245 - Trincomalee – 292 - Batticaloa – 1,144
¶ 04 (iii) Number of Title Deeds yet to be issued: - Ampara – 1,534 - Trincomalee – 1,177 - Batticaloa – 2,706
¶ 05 (iv) Necessary instructions have been issued to Divisional Secretariats and other relevant institutions through the Circular No. 2025/02 of the Commissioner General of Lands to expedite action in this regard.
¶ 06 (b) Not applicable.
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- Hansard, Wednesday, 21 January 2026 ·No. 23242 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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