Hon. (Dr.) M.L.A.M. Hizbullah,— To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation,— (1)
(a) Will he inform this House —
(i) whether he is aware that persons are residing on state lands in the Manmunai North Divisional Secretariat Division of the Batticaloa district without a ‘Deed of Grant’ or a ‘Land Permit’ awarded by the government;
(ii) if so, of the number of such individuals, their names and relevant details;
(iii) whether the respective Divisional Secretary has filed action at the court of law against them during the period from 01.01.2017 to 31.03.2025 to legally evict those individuals from the state lands referred to above;
(iv) if so, of the number of such individuals, their names and their relevant details;
(v) of the number of evicted individuals from the state lands during the above period on court orders along with their names and relevant details, out of those, the number of individuals who were prosecuted;
(vi) whether there are persons against whom the Divisional Secretary has not filed action although he should have;
(vii) if so, of the number of such persons, and their names and other relevant details; and
(viii) of the reasons for filing action against only a few of them while not filing action against most?
(b) If not, why?
Asked Date
2025-08-21
Asked by
Hon. (Dr.) M.L.A.M. Hizbullah, M.P.
Ministry
Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation
Legislature
Tenth Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka
Session
1
People who don't have land deeds in Manmunai North DSD, Batticaloa
Answered Date
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