The Supreme Court  issued an interim order directing the National Housing Development Authority (NHDA) to take over the land on Darley Road, Colombo 10, which was acquired on the advice of the Chairman and other authorities, without any further action, and to maintain.

Granting permission to hear a fundamental rights petition filed by the relevant private company against the acquisition of a land on Darley Road, Colombo, on a directive by a Cabinet decision for a low income housing project, on the instructions of the Chairman of the National Housing Development Authority, R. Dumindha Silva and other authorities.

The court also set February 2 as the date for hearing the fundamental rights petition, stating that it was the legal duty of the Supreme Court to investigate whether the land acquisition had taken place legally.

Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya and Gamini Amarasekera, AHMD The petition was heard before a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justice.