Colombo municipal commissioner V.K.A. Anura and Deputy Municipal Treasurer Meryl Ponweera are said to be attempting to illegally handover a plot of land in Maradana to Meerania & Company, according to sources.
The property located at No. 35, Devanampiyatissa Mawatha, Maradana had been taken over by the Colombo Municipal Council around 20 years ago due to non-payment of assessment tax while a court case against Meerania Company too, had upheld the CMC’s ownership of the land.
According to the law, therefore the land cannot be returned if the CMC has made a registration of the takeover with a purchasing certificate though the assessment tax dues are paid by the defaulter. However, the company has been trying for the past eight years to get the land back.
But the CMC legal officer and the Former municipal Treasurer had informed them that this was not possible. However, Anura, Ponweera and certain councillors are now said to be trying to give the land back to the company a reliable CMC source said adding that the groups had even submitted a proposal to the finance committee that the land should be returned.
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