Court of Appeal issues notice to respondents of Kadirgamar land case
August 5, 2013 12:52 pm
The Court of Appeal has
issued notice on the respondents in the case filed by assassinated former Foreign
Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar’s son, S.J.C. Kadirgamar against the acquisition of
his father’s land in Jaffna by the government.
The petition states that the
former Foreign Minister’s property now owned by his son was exclusively
allotted to him by a Jaffna District Court decree in May 1968.
His son is now seeking interim
relief from the courts, to prevent the respondents and their agents from taking
any steps to act upon the acquisition notice until after the case is
heard. The Minister’s son is also seeking a mandate in the nature of
a writ of Certiorari quashing the purported acquisition notice published
under Section 2 of the Land Acquisition Act.
The
petition also claims that that he is being unlawfully prevented from returning to
his land through the setting up of barbed wire fences and barricades which are
also manned by armed forces and also through the unauthorised construction
taking place near the property.
Minister of Lands and Land
Development Janaka Bandara Tennakoon, A. Sivaswamy, Land Acquiring
Officer of the Jaffna District and the Land
Survey Officer of the Jaffna District have been mentioned as respondents.
FULL PETITION:
