Court of Appeal issues notice to Karunasena Hettiarachchi

December 1, 2016 06:04 pm

The Court of Appeal Thursday issued notice on Secretary to the Ministry of Defence Karunasena Hettiarachchi and several others, Ada Derana reporter said.

The notice was issued after considering a petition filed by the Centre for Environmental Justice, when it was taken up for hearing before a bench led by Justice Vijith Malalgoda.

The petition has argued a construction has been launched in a lowland in Pothuarawa area in Malabe by the Ministry of Defence, without permission from the Urban Development Authority and the Department of Agrarian Development.

The respondents in the petition include several persons including Defence Secretary Karunasena Hettiarachchi, heads of the Urban Development Authority and the Department of Agrarian Development.

The Court of Appeal also ordered the respondents to file their objections regarding the petition before 11 January, 2017.

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