FR petition filed to cancel Trincomalee oil tank farm deal
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FR petition filed to cancel Trincomalee oil tank farm deal

FR petition filed to cancel Trincomalee oil tank farm deal

FR petition filed seeking to revoke Trinco oil tank farm deal A fundamental rights (FR) petition has been filed seeking the nullification of the agreement signed with India to develop the Trincomalee Oil Tank Farm.

 

A total of 47 parties including the Attorney General on behalf of the President, the Cabinet of Ministers including Energy Minister Udaya Gammanpila, the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation and its chairman, the Trinco Petroleum Terminal Pvt. Ltd., the Auditor General, Lanka IOC and the Defence Secretary have been named as its respondents.

 

The petitioner says, pursuant to the Constitution, the Cabinet of Ministers does not have the authority take such decision and that the manner in which the agreement was inked with India is unlawful. Sri Lanka’s Treasury Secretary, the Commissioner General of Lands, the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC), Lanka ICO and the subsidiary company Trinco Petroleum Terminal Pvt. Ltd are among the signatories of the deal, Ada Derana learns.

 

The Cabinet of Ministers on Monday gave its approval to the proposal tabled by the Minister of Power, for the implementation of Trincomalee Oil Tank Farm development project with India.

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