The Hon. (Prof.) A.-H.M.H. Abayarathna
The Minister stated that tenants who are paying properly will not be affected, but those in default must settle outstanding advance payments before being eligible to reapply for renovated shop units. He said the units will be reassigned transparently to applicants able to pay, and legal action will be taken against defaulters where necessary.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Member, there is no issue with the groups that are presently paying properly. But with regard to those who have not paid properly, while enforcing the law, after renovating these shop units, we will reassign them from the beginning to those who can pay properly. The groups that are currently in default may also apply if they wish, but only after they pay the outstanding advance amounts will they be eligible to reapply for those shop units. We will act with full transparency in this regard. If not, we will take legal action.
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