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Missing KMC file turns up in courts?

By L.B. Senaratne

An important file of the Kandy Municipal Council (KMC) pertaining to a building said to be owned by the Municipal Council has reportedly gone missing while a Committee inquiry was pending.

But strangely, the file was being allegedly made use of by persons filing cases against the KMC.

Municipal Councillor Asmin Marikkar complained at the monthly Council meeting that documents from the "White House" file which went missing during an inquiry were now being used against the Council in legal cases.

He said that he would like to view the documents so filed before court.

The main allegation is that the KMC does not know what it owns on behalf of the public, the old Planter's Club building being the crux of the matter.

There was an inquiry into the property’s ownership. However, a committee of inquiry was appointed by the Council, headed by former Deputy Mayor Edmund Silva.

During the course of the inquiry it was found that the file pertaining to the building was missing from the Council premises. The Deputy Mayor had brought it to the notice of the then Mayor on several occasions.

No action had been taken till the council went into dissolution, said Councillor Marikkar.

It is learnt that a peon had been interdicted and dismissed regarding the matter, but many question whether the peon was responsible for the disappearance.

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