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Denial of allocation of DCB funds Three Members of Parliament staged a ‘sit in’ protest at the Sri Jayewardenepura Parliamentary complex yesterday morning against what they called ‘denial of decentralised budget funds allocated to them’. The trio, EPDP members R. Ramamoorthy and R. Rameshwaran and SLMC Parliamentarian Dr. I. Illiyas sat on the verandah at the entrance to the House and launched their protest following a stormy session of the Parliamentary Committee on decentralised funds for Jaffna district, political sources said. Jaffna district MPs and senior government officials, including the Jaffna Government Agent participated in this meeting to discuss activities relating to DCB funds. At the deliberations, the three MPs had protested that they had been left out of the process of DCB allocations, these sources said. Messrs. Ramamoorthy and Rameshwaran were elected as Jaffna district EPDP MPs but subsequently fell out with the party leadership. They functioned as independent members following the dispute with the EPDP hierarchy. Secretary-General of Parliament Bertram Tittawala and Serjeant-At-Arms W. Palliyaguruge appealed to the three protesting Parliamentarians to resolve their problems through discussions, but they insisted that they would not give up until they spoke to Parliamentary Affairs Minister Jeyaraj Fernandopulle. However, the two senior Parliamentary officials were later able to persuade the defiant trio to come to their office and stay there till Minister Fernandopulle arrived. Notices issued
to Indian officials over detention of nine Lankan Tamils NEW DELHI, August 24 - A human rights court judge in the southern Indian port city of Visakhapatnam has asked the chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) of Delhi and the Delhi police commissioner to issue notices to two concerned officials in the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) for not taking action on a two-year-old special court order on the nine Sri Lankan Tamils, who have been in an Indian prison for over five years on the suspicion that they may be sympathisers of the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). A Jagannadha Rao, the judge, ordered on Saturday that the summons be issued to the under secretary, foreigners division, and the special secretary in the Indian home ministry in connection with the nine Sri Lankans. The Sri Lankans were taken into custody by Indian Navy personnel 440 nautical miles off the Chennai (Madras) coast on January 16, 1993 on the charge that they did not possess valid documents. They have been detained at the Central Prison in Visakha-patnam in Andhra Pradesh since then. However, they were released last fortnight (August 10) and were lodged at a special camp. One of the accused, V. Jayachandran, sent a petition to District Judge Lakshman Reddy, deploring their detention on one pretext or the other. The judge then transferred the case to the human rights court. Judge Jagannadha Rao has also sent notices directly to the two MHA officials through the Visakhapatnam Police Commissioner, asking them to appear in his court on September 5. The judge heard the arguments of the petitioners, who alleged that they were being illegally detained by the police for more than two years after the special TADA (Terrorist and Disruptive Activities Prevention Act) court in Visakhapatnam had ordered their release in 1996. He has recorded the statements of the nine petitioners, who submitted that they do not wish to go back to Sri Lanka on the ground that, since they have been branded as "LTTE sympathisers," they may be eliminated by the Sri Lankan authorities. They want valid travel documents to be issued so that they can go abroad. If the Government of India is not in a position to provide them with passports, they pleaded that they be deported to the refugee camp being run in Chennai by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). They can make their own arrangements to travel abroad. Multi-millionaire
hacked to death Niroshan Sellamuttu (27), a multi-millionaire businessman was hacked to death on Sunday night at Green Lane in Kotahena. Sellamuttu, a resident of Kollupitiya had come to Kotahena to purchase a gem-studded watch on information given by a group of persons. The killing is believed to have been a well-planned attack by a group of persons under the belief that Mr. Sellamuttu was carrying a substantial amount of money to purchase an expensive wrist watch. An expensive wrist watch worn by Mr. Sellamuttu had been removed by the attackers. Some others who accompanied Mr. Sellamuttu in his Pajero had sustained injuries and one of them succumbed to his injuries yesterday morning at the Colombo National Hospital. Full scale probe into Welikada prison incident Commissioner General of Prisons has initiated a full-scale inquiry into the incident at Welikada prison where soldier R. D. Somaratne Rajapakse (B-13798), incarcerated in connection with the Krishanthy Kumaraswamy rape and murder case was wounded. A statement issued by M. S. Jayasinghe, Secretary to the Justice, Constitutional Affairs, Ethnic Affairs and National Integration says: "Recent reports in the media have alleged an organized assault on R. D. Somaratne Rajapakse (B-13798), a prisoner incarcerated in connection with the Krishanthi Kumaraswamy murder case, by Prison Officers attached to the Welikada Prisons. The content of these reports may tend to mislead members of the public as to the underlying causes for the incident and it is, therefore, necessary to clarify the factual situation and surrounding circumstances relating to its occurrence. A report was called for from the Commissioner-General of Prisons on the incident and the Commissioner-General has submitted a preliminary report in this regard. According to this report, at or around 9.30 a.m. on 20 August, 1998, during an inspection of Section C3, in which Somaratne Rajapakse was housed, several letters which were thought to be unlawful in nature were discovered in his possession. Upon Prison Officers gaining possession of these letters the prisoner had seized one such letter and had inserted it in his mouth in an apparent attempt to swallow. The Commissioner-General’s report reveals that the alleged incident occurred when the Prison Officers had attempted to retrieve the letter. When the prisoner was produced before a medical officer in the prison hospital to ascertain what, if any, injury was caused to him, the medical officer reported minor contusions to his mouth and facial area caused by attempts to constrict his action aimed at destroying unlawful material in his possession. According to the facts disclosed to date, the incident is minor in nature. However, the Commissioner-General has initiated a full official inquiry into the incident in accordance with the instructions of Professor G. L. Peiris, Minister of Justice, Constitutional Affairs, Ethnic Affairs and National Integration and the full facts underlying this incident will be made known shortly. Wijeyapala's
writ application for argument on October 23 The Writ Application filed in the Supreme Court, by UNP Parliamentarian for Gampaha District, Wijeyapala Mendis, will be argued on October 23. The petitioner Mendis has requested the Court to issue a Writ of Certiorari, quashing the adverse findings made against him, by the Special Presidential Commission of Inquiry probing alleged malpractices in public bodies, in the interim report, of the Commission. The respondent cited in the petition are, Chairman of the Commission, Justice P. R. P. Perera, Members of the Commission, Justice H. S. Yapa, Justice F. N. D. Jayasuriya, Secretary to the Commission S. Obadage and Secretary to the President K. Balapatabendi. Additional Solicitor General, K. C. Kamalasabaysan with State Counsel, Harsha Fernando, appeared for the respondents. Mr. Kamalassabaysan requested the Court to grant two weeks further time to file objections. The request was granted. Mr. U. Abdul Najeem, appearing for the petitioner, requested four weeks time to file counter affidavits. The request was granted. Arguments were fixed for October 23, with the consent of both parties. The bench of yesterday comprised, Justice Mark Fernando, Justice A. S. Wijetunga and Justice Dr. Asoka de Z. Gunewardene. Justice Wijetunge, declined to hear the case in future. The petitioner will be represented by Senior Counsel E. D. Wickramanayake, with Gomin Dayasri, U. Abdul Najeem and K. Kulathillake. South Asia’s fastest woman Susanthika Jayasinghe who was suspended for taking performance enhancing drugs, was cleared by the Amateur Athletic Association of all charges yesterday. Susanthika who was under suspension from last April due to these charges will now compete in the forthcoming Commonwealth Games competition from September 10 to 22, in Malaysia. (SS) WB
project under fire The Environmental Foundation is protesting against the new waste water collection system treatment facility and disposal to service the Moratuwa/Ratmalana and Ja-Ela-Ekala Industrial areas which is scheduled to be launched today (25). The project to be funded by the World Bank under its Colombo Environment Improvement Project (CEIP) at a total cost of Rs. 750 million will lead to serious problems in the future in view of the "questionable quality of the environment impact assessment approval being granted to it," the Foundation charged yesterday. The project is handled by the Urban Development Authority (UDA). Construction has been awarded to a Chinese firm under international tenders. The foundation stone to be laid today by Minister of Housing and Construction Indika Gunawardena and Minister of industrial Development C. V. Goonaratne, Environmentalists claim that the project is faulty as "approval for it had been granted with an unspecified criterion". According to environmentalists the project which received approval from the Central Environmental Authority (CEA), is reported to be unclear on a number of basic stipulations. CEA has granted approval for the project with validity till December 1, 2000. The letter of approval granted to the Urban Development Authority (UDA), is lacking in its statements of standards to be maintained by the project proponents. The letter of approval has also failed in covering such areas as pre treatment, toxic waste treatment and discharge and is unclear on whether approval has been granted for a full scale waste water treatment plant or an ocean outfall the Foundation alleged. The failure to stipulate standards on the release of toxic waste to the open sea will invariably lead to very serious hazards to the environment it claimed. However, Chairman, Urban Development Authority, Roy Jayasinghe denying the allegations said that despite the letter of approval by the CEA failing to set specific standards the project proponents "will strictly adhere to the normal standards set by the CEA for such projects". "There are standards set for areas such as pre treatment and discharge and those will be strictly adhered to even though they are not mentioned in the letter of approval. The sea outfall has been used for the discharge of sewer for over 20 years if we don’t use this system it will be disastrous since all the untreated effluents will get stuck in the lagoon. This will lead to a bigger problem he said. "We are only trying to solve the problem of untreated sewage being discharged to the sea. And we will do this according to the normal law of the country" the Chairman explained. He said that with regard to toxic waste the industries will be compelled to "deal with it before discharge to the network". "Under this project there will be monitoring of these aspects both by the CEA and the UDA. The main objective in this project is to protect the environment," he added. Under the project, effluent of the Moratuwa/ Ratmalana industrial areas which continued to be discharged without pretreatment, for over 30 years is expected to be discharged to the open sea from the Wellawatte outfall, he said. Strikers back to work BATTICALOA: All employees of the Valachchenai Paper Mills who have been on strike since Friday returned to work yesterday on the condition that decision made during discussions be put down in writing and that they be implemented within a month. The 1048 staff went on strike making two demands the first of which was a fifty per cent pay hike and the second a 12.5 per cent risk allowance. According to Mills Manager T. Srikanthan the Executive Director of the Company M. I. Mohammed Thamby who held discussions with the employees had promised to refer the demand for a pay hike to the relevant officers in the Treasury within a month as it was they who had authority over salaries. He had also promised to hold discussions with the Rehabilitation Minister about the risk allowance as this was under his purview. In effect, the Executive Director had promised to refer the demands to the relevant authorities. Meanwhile all employees will be given an advance of Rs. 1000 on September 1. Public confidence essential for judicial
integrity Public confidence is essential to the integrity of any judicial system. Therefore without public confidence the judiciary loses the one and the only way in which it can enforce its judgements through respect for the rule of law and the judiciary's role in preserving it. It is ironic that we sometimes hear concerns that judicial independence is being used as a shield to protect judges from legitimate public scrutiny. I do not consider judicial independence and judicial accountability to be mutually exclusive concepts, observed Justice Shriani Thilakawardana in her address at the ceremonial sitting of the Court of Appeal to welcome her as a Judge of the Court of Appeal and Justice Ameer Ismail as President of the Court of Appeal. Justice Thilakawardana continuing said: Nowhere does the question of judicial independence and impartiality receive greater public attention and attract more criticism than in the way that these principles play out in the judicial assessment of equality rights. This is particularly observed when the rights are involved of those who are physically weak and different, and the disadvantaged — like children and women, the disabled, the old and also those who are in the minority and therefore less empowered. Because they are different, life does not appear to afford them a level playing field especially in dispute resolution. It is fair to say that traditionally, the status quo survived judicial scrutiny when it was subjected to any challenge. But with the advent of the international revolution in human rights, the golden chapter that unfolded more than 50 years ago, with the universal declaration of human rights, we have seen equality of all, become in these 50 short years a real concern of the judges and the lawyers alike. In the overarching principle of international human rights, equality becomes the common bond, which runs through our world ideal of justice. It represents everything that is noble in a nation. It brings out the best in its people — respect tolerance fair play and a willingness to accommodate the plurality and difference in a nation. "Equality ... is perhaps the central altar in the modern cathedral of international human rights. Non-discrimination and equality are at the very heart of the assertion of the dignity and opportunity, of recognition and respect." Also equally important in a modern society governed by the principle of equality, is the indispensable role that the judiciary plays as the protector of a country's constitution and its fundamental values. Only the courts have the inherent institutional characteristic required — of independence — to defend individuals and minorities against improper actions. That is why judicial independence is recognized as "the lifeblood of constitutionalism in democratic societies." Justice Ameer Ismail said that the remark was made by a former Chief Justice that ceremonial sittings are expressions of human dignity and that our professional existence will be poorer without them. Your presence in such large numbers signifies your approval of it. As on this occasion, I had the honour of being welcomed by you on the 26th October '90, when I assumed office as a Judge of this court. Then you had words of encouragement for me; you reminded me of the Quranic exhortation to judge with equity; you adverted to the saying of the Holy Prophet, "that any person put to the task of administering justice should show justice in his glance, justice in his beckoning, his place of sitting and in his assembly". Almost eight long years, have now elapsed. Our racks and cupboards are stacked with infructuous matters, cases that are no longer contentious. Means have to be devised to cull the older cases and to determine whether they still represent live controversies. Without new strategies to handle the backlog we would have difficulty in ridding our cupboards of such matters which may be moot or on which parties are no longer in dispute. The accumulation of such deadwood has a ripple effect on Court congestion and adds to the delay in litigation. I invite you to identify the appeals that are so deficient and have them called up so that they may be dealt with finally. Mr. Attorney General pursuant to the initiative taken by you, when we had the privilege of yourself presiding over this Bench, a computerised case-tracking system has now been designed. It is now possible to track the status of any pending appeal instantly. However, we have suffered a setback in the utilisation of these resources. A court staff with minimal or no computer knowledge, judges barely computer literate, archaic computer hardware, judges being denied access to the network have all contributed to the under utilisation of the system. The system is suffering a slow death and its enhancement has not even been considered. Yet, the advantageous of a case-filing and event tracking system are enormous. It creates accountability in the management of the current case load. It can be used to regularise the classification and the scheduling of appeals. Record keeping could be facilitated. Documents can be easily located. Information as to the present position of an appeal or its movement until final disposal can immediately be ascertained. Brief fees can be calculated instantly. The system saves on time and resources. The benefits and the advantages to be derived from such a computerised court management process over manual filing and recording are too precious to be frittered away or abandoned. It is an effective tool to be used as a lasting weapon in the frontal attack on litigation delay. However, a computerisation strategy by itself, cannot eliminate the delay in litigation and wipe out the backlog. A few days ago my brother judges and I analysed our case flow statistics. The number of final civil appeals as at the end of June was 5,906. We found that while 91 civil appeals were disposed of in June, 115 new civil appeals were instituted in the same month. Up to the 20th of July while 30 appeals were disposed of, 59 new appeals had been instituted and the number of pending civil appeals on that date was 5,935. The institutions far outnumber the disposals. The contest between disputing litigants in almost every case appears to be transferred to the Appeal Court. The image of a typical civil litigation reflects chronic delay and frustration. Our system reflects excessive judicial passivity in an adversarial, indisciplined legal procedure with limited availability of versatile alternatives to a protracted trial. In order to halt the undermining impact of backlog and delay, the legal community should consider the reform of the adversarial legal process by limiting the utilization of formal, conflictual party controlled procedures and extending remedial possibilities beyond binary win-lose judgements, Justice Ameer Ismail concluded. Attorney General Sarath Silva (PC) observed 'we are now in the process of re-establishing courts of justice in parts of the country in which the writ of the government had not run for more than a decade. There are a few setbacks but the process should and will go on. We have to establish a legal order and a system of governance in which every citizen of this country and every group of such citizens can seek and achieve due fulfilment of their rights and aspirations.' Kiriya Company
faces legal action for refusing to destroy condemned ghee Health authorities have filed legal action against a milk company in Narahenpita following its alleged refusal to destroy around 855 gallons of ghee unfit for human consumption, medical sources told ‘The Island’ yesterday. The MOH of the area had filed action against the milk company in question on August 12, 1998 at the Maligakanda Magistrate’s Court, according to the sources. "The milk company, concerned identified as Kiriya Milk Industries of Lanka Private Ltd., which was known as National Milk Board before it was privatised, has published a news paper advertisement calling for tenders to sell the stock of ghee unfit for human consumption. The 19-barrel ghee stock is around 3 tons in weight and it worth around Rs. five to six lakhs," the sources said. The MOH, following the advertisement, had sent a notice to the company warning of legal action, unless it destroys stock of ghee immediately. "If a food item which is meant for humans, is unfit for human consumption it cannot be sold under the provisions of the Sri Lanka Food Act. Further, if it is permitted to be sold for consumption of animals, no one can guarantee that it will not be sold for human consumption". The company in question had also sought permission from the authorities several times to get the ghee stock refined and sell for human consumption, the sources said. "Despite MOH’s notice, the company had refused to destroy the stock saying that they would get permission from the Chief MOH of the Colombo Municipal Council to sell it. But the Chief MOH also on July 15, 1998 ordered that the stock of ghee be destroyed. The company then asked for more time from the MOH authorities to obtain permission from the Minister of Health and Director General, Health Services to sell the stock, but they also had refused permission". The MOH on August 12 had gone to the company to destroy the stock but the company had allegedly not allowed them to do so. A court case was then filed against the company, the sources claimed. "The stock of ghee in question was then sealed by the health officials on August 12. It’s alleged that these seals had been broken and a part of the ghee had been removed." When contacted a senior official of the Kiriya Milk Industries of Lanka Private Limited, said he did not know about the removing of the seals but the rest of the story was true. He said that they also insisted that this stock be destroyed but the Indian administration of the company was apparently reluctant to do so. "The Indian administration was warned twice by the Ministry of Health to destroy the stock but they are reluctant to do so", the official explained. Police nab
several Tiger intelligence wing members A leader of the LTTE intelligence wing alleged to have videoed strategic points in Colombo city in 1996 and sent the tape to the Tiger leader Prabhakaran has been arrested. Five other terrorists were also taken into custody along with him by the Special Investigations Unit of Peliyagoda police. These suspects are being held by the police for questioning. Peliyagoda police was able to capture these men on information revealed by another Tiger of the LTTE intelligence wing arrested by Trincomalee police with three other terrorists at Kattaiparichan in Trincomalee district, police said. The Tiger leader of the intelligence division had revealed that he had worked as a sales representative for a pharmaceutical company and claimed that he had even videoed the army hospital premises. Among other places he had videoed were several police stations in Colombo city, Rupavahini Corporation, and defence headquarters. Another Tiger terrorist employed as a manager of a private firm had also been taken into custody on information revealed by this Tiger. Further investigations are being carried out jointly by Peliyagoda and Trincomalee police. ‘Mulberry
group’ to meet President The ‘Mulberry Group’ consisting of backbenchers of the People’s Alliance government is sche-duled to meet President Chandrika Kumara-tunga on September 11. The President has granted this meeting on a request by the ‘Mulberry Group’, informed sources said. The ‘Mulberry Group’ will be meeting in the Parliament complex on September 9 to take a final decision on topics to be discussed with the President. The issues to be taken up will include remedial measures to curb inefficiency in the public service, launching of development projects in areas far away from Colombo, granting of Rs. ten million to each Member of Parliament from the decentralised budget for development of infrastructure, step motherly attitude of certain Ministers and other senior politicians of the government towards backbenchers and restructuring of the Commission probing bribery and consump-tion, according to these sources. UDA in favour of Beira clean up proposal The Urban Development Authority (UDA) is in favour of a proposal made by Colombo Industrial Chemicals (CIC) Limited as agents for an Australian company specialising in the clean up of polluted lakes, Austral Environmental Services Limited to clean up the Beira, but has no funds. CIC proposes the clean up through a tangential flow separation system, the initial phase of which will cost Rs. 65 million. The Chief Civil Engineer of the UDA G. Vasudevan who was among those who attended a demonstration of how the system works said that UDA was "satisfied with the proposal" and convinced of its technical feasibility, but did not have funds allocated for the project. "There is no ongoing project to clean up the inner lake of the Beira, but we are pursuing various avenues to raise the required funds," he said. On July 14 the President inaugurated a project to build a ring around the Beira Lake to stop pollutants entering its waters. It is scheduled to be completed next September. Chairman, CIC Lakshman Fernando said his company would be submitting a detailed project plan to the UDA shortly. He said that the Australian company was one which specialised in the treatment of industrial affluence and lakes for algae. He explained how the system works. "In dry, bright weather algae forms a dense cover choking the life within the lake and giving rise to obnoxious gases. What the proposed system will do is pump the polluted water of the Beira into a separator and separate the algae and pollutants from the water. The first phase will be to send water through a long channel whence floating matter would settle down. The sludge would then be fed into a thickening tank, where it would be compressed to extract more water, which would be fed into the separator which would then feed the clean water back into the lake." He added that the advantage of the system was that the extracted sludge which was rich in both phosphates and nitrates would be used either as fertiliser or as a land fill. "The use of chemicals is also minimal," he said. CIC proposes the clean up of the South West Lake in eight months as a pilot project to demonstrate that this system is an effective and efficient way of cleaning up the Beira. Mr. Fernando adds that the time taken for the clean up of the entire lake which is 65 hectares in extent would depend on the capacity of the machines used for the clean up. He said that work would commence within two months once the approval was given. The technology is advantageous in that it would enable not only the "removal of the algae, but also the nutrients, and in that it allows the further processing to remove future contamination, prior to diversion". Eardley Perera’s completion of 50 years law practice to be feted The Bar Association of Sri Lanka is organising a felicitation dinner in honour of Mr. Eardley Perera PC and former President of the Bar Association at the Roof Top Ballroom of Taj Samudra Hotel on Saturday, 5th September 1998 on his completing 50 years of active practice at the BAR. Mr. Eardley Perera was born on the 20th October 1925. He commenced his school career at St. Bridget’s Convent, Colombo 7 and thereafter attended St. Sebastian’s College, Moratuwa. During his career at St. Sebastian’s College he won all the medals in oratory. He also played cricket, football, hockey and tennis for his alma mater. Before entering Law College in 1944 he also attended St. Joseph’s College, Colombo and there sat for and passed his London Intermediate in Arts Examination. At Law College he passed all the examinations in the first attempt and won the scholarship at the Intermediate Examination for the admission of advocates. Among his batch mates were Justice C. G. Weeramantry, Justice Anton Soysa, Justice T. W. Rajaratnam and Mr. Justice Malcolm Perera. He apprenticed in the chambers of Mr. Nihal Gunasekera and was called to the bar in 1948. His first appearance was before Sir Arthur Wijewardene. Initially he concentrated in building a regular and a lucrative practice in the Panadura Courts. Mr. Perera’s practice grew from strength to strength, due to his commitment to the study of law, mastering of facts and his exceptional ability as a brilliant cross-examiner. His success brought him to the limelight in the Bar. He was later elected as the second President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka in 1977 and 1978. He is the only President of the Bar Association to be elected uncontested. He led a delegation to the Commonwealth Law Conference in 1978. The famous and important trials in which Mr. Perera appeared are innumerable. Mr. Perera was offered silk in 1967 but his commitment to a busy practice in the original Courts made him to decline the offer at that stage. Later in 1981 Mr. Perera accepted the call to the Inner Bar and took oaths as a President’s Counsel, in the first batch to be so appointed. Mr. Eardley Perera is well-known for his simplicity. He is as always available for guidance and advice to the Juniors and Seniors alike. He has had no restrictions or limitations in accepting those who want to devil under him. Behind the success of every man they say there is a woman. This is true of Mr. Eardley Perera too. Watching patiently the success of her husband and providing the necessary encouragement and guidance, is Mrs. Shirley Perera, whose hand he took on the 27th of October 1956. Mr. & Mrs. Perera have four sons and a daughter. Eldest son Charith obtained a First Class Honours Degree in Maths and a Masters degree in business administration (M.B.A.) from M.I.T. Massachusetts and now the Marketing Director of the C.S.M. Systems Ltd. in America. The second son, Ravith and the third in the family, the only daughter Preemalie followed the father’s footsteps and were admitted as Attorneys-at-Law, and Solicitors of the Supreme Court of England. The third son Surith, pursued his education in business studies and obtained a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from the University of Sri Lanka and also obtained Membership in the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) London. The youngest son Vijith, was a student in the University of California, Beretely and after obtaining his Bachelor’s Degree in Economics returned to Sri Lanka and joined the Ceylon Law College. He has now finished all his examinations, obtaining a 1st Class in the final examination and was awarded the P. Navaratnarajah Gold Medal in Evidence. Mr. Eardley Perera is the third son of Late Mr. & Mrs. C. S. A. Perera of Uyana, Moratuwa. Late Mr. C. S. A. Perera was a Proctor of the Supreme Court. A Justice of Peace and Unofficial Magistrate and Chairman of the Moratuwa Urban Council a number of years. The untimely death of Mr. C. S. A. Perera did not deter his children from pursuing their studies. Herman and Eardley followed the footsteps of the father while Winston and Anton pursued studies in Medicine and Accountancy. Mr. Herman Perera was the President of the Incorporated Law. Society and later like his brother became the President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka in 1985. The eldest son Renfred while in Government and Mercantile Service looked after the family interests and guided his younger brothers to follow varied disciplines. The only daughter Carman became an accomplished Music Teacher by qualifying as a L.R.S.M. & F.T.C.L. and was the Music Teacher of St. Sebastian’s College, Moratuwa, for over a decade. Mr. Eardley Perera has been a Member of the Council of Legal Education and also a Member of the Council of the Moratuwa University, a Member of the Prisons and Legal Reforms Committee, Charter President, Lions Club of Moratuwa and a member of the District Cabinet of the Lions Club for several years. He also served on the Law Commission. He is the Chairman of the Board of Governors of St. Sebastian’s College, Moratuwa. Mr. Perera’s success is not only in the legal field but in the business field as well. He is the Chairman of several companies including Citialert Security (Pvt.) Ltd. He is also a Director of Asha Agencies Ltd., Globe Company Ltd., Pership Ltd., Asha (Shipping) Ltd., and Lanka Tractors. |
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