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Ruling on petition against unauthorized construction in Wilpattu on September 28
6Jun By Faraz ShauketalyNo Comments
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Ruling on petition against unauthorized construction in Wilpattu on September 28

The Court of Appeal Tuesday fixed to deliver the verdict on a writ petition filed by the Centre for Environmental Justice (CEJ) seeking an order to remove the unauthorized structures erected in the Wilpattu National Park forest on September 28. The CEJ in its writ petition named the Central Environmental Authority, Minister of Industry and Commerce Rishad Bathiudeen, Conservator General of the Forest Conservation Department, Commissioner General of Lands, Commissioner General of Archeological Department, Mannar District Secretary, Minister of Environment and Mahaweli Development, and the Attorney General as respondents. The Petitioner told the court that certain areas of the Wilpattu National Park declared as a conserved forest were deforested and unauthorized constructions have been...
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 No unauthorized settlements in Wilpattu Forest Reserve – Attorney General
9Feb By Faraz ShauketalyNo Comments
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 No unauthorized settlements in Wilpattu Forest Reserve – Attorney General

The Attorney General has asserted to the Court of Appeal Thursday that the Wilpattu Forest Reserve has not been deforested and no unauthorized resettlement has been carried out. The State counsel appealing for the Attorney General told the court that the people displaced by the war have been resettled in an area outside of the Wilpattu Forest Reserve and the resettled area was not a protected forest area. The State counsel made this statement when the petition filed by the Center for Environmental Justice (CEJ) in 2015 requesting the court to issue an order for the removal of unauthorized structures in the Wilpattu Forest Reserve was taken for consideration before the Appellate Court on Thursday (February 08). The State counsel said that the Wilpattu Forest Reserve was located in ...
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