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Order declaring that the Lands in Ward No. 34 Thimbirigasyaya, Colombo District urgently require an urban Development Project.

Country/Territory
Sri Lanka
Document type
Regulation
Date
2014
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Extraordinary) No. 1849/6, 10 February 2014, p. 1A.
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Public land Zoning Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Urban land Land-use planning
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia
Abstract

This Order, by virtue of the powers vested in Section 2 of the Urban Development Projects (Special Provisions) Act, No. 2 of 1980. I, Mahinda Rajapaksa, President of Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and the Minister-in-charge of Defence and Urban Development, establish that the land specified in the schedule urgently requires an Urban Development Project. The land depicted as Lot No. "A" in Classification Tracing No. Co/DSO/2013/951 dated 04.11.2013 prepared by Superintendent of Surveys (Colombo District) containing an extent of 1.4774 Hectares situated in the Ward No. 34, Narahenpita within the Municipal Council limits of Colombo in the Divisional Secretary's Division of Thimbirigasyaya in the District of Colombo, Western Province Assment. No. extent and boundaries of the said allotment of land as specified.

Full text
English
Website
www.documents.gov.lk

References - Legislation

Implements

Urban Development Projects (Special Provisions) Act, No. 02 OF 1980.

Legislation | Sri Lanka | 1980

Keyword: Use restrictions, Land reform, Expropriation, Public land

Source: FAO, FAOLEX