Housing and Development Division

Vision

"A productive public service through provision of official quarters"

Mission

"Providing all the government quarters regulated under the Ministry of Public Services, Provincial Councils and Local Government for public officers on service requirements and improving the infrastructure facilities of those government quarters and fostering the background required for a productive public service through implementation of all the functions related to the housing projects- Nila Piyasa and Nila Sevana carried out under the Ministry"

Objectives

Allocation of government quarters for public officers and maintenance of those houses.
Performance of all the management and administrative functions related to the housing projects carried out under the Ministry and coordination with the relevant parties.
Carrying out the activities relevant to General Service Quarters. The term “Government Quarters” includes any type of accommodation belonging to the Government, allocated for the purpose of temporary residence based on the service requirements of public officers.

Two units namely Development and Housing are functioned under this division and the functions of these two units are as follows.

Functions of the Development Unit	Functions of the Housing Unit
Implementation of projects including “NilaPiyasa” for the purpose of providing public officers with official quarters at district level	Allocation of houses on the priority basis for Hon. Ministers and Deputy Ministers
Preparing the Annual Performance Report of the Ministry	Allocation of Official quarters according to the waiting list and allocation of houses on the priority basis on need of service in special cases
Preparing reports on the progress of projects, to be submitted to the Presidential Secretariat, Prime Minister’s Office, Department of Project Management and Ministry of Finance	Collecting the house rental on the due date and coordination of collecting house rental by other Public institutions
Preparing the biannual report on the Information Act.	Performance and supervision of annual maintenance and repairs of Government quarters
Identifying the timely housing needs of public officers and submitting project proposals accordingly	Taking legal actions under Recovery of Possession ActNo 7 of 1969 to minimize illegal usage of the government houses Implementation of “Nila Sevana” project with the collaboration of public and private sectors. Reservation and administration of the Holiday Resorts and Circuit Bungalows, which are under the purview of this Ministry.

Locations of the Government Quarters belonging to the Ministry

Lauries Lane, Colombo 04
Mahagama Sekara Mawatha, Colombo 05
Mackency Road, Colombo 05
Stanmore Crescent, Colombo 05
Keppetipola Mawatha, Colombo 05
Skelton Road, Colombo 05
Baudhaloka Mawatha, Colombo 07
Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo 07
Gregory Mawatha, Colombo 07
Malalasekara Mawatha, Colombo 07
Hector Kobbekaduwa Mawatha, Colombo 07
Dr.N.M.Perera Mawatha, Colombo 08
Jayawadanagama, Battaramulla

Government Quarters

The term “Government Quarters” includes any type of accommodation belonging to the Government, allocated for a public officer for the purpose of temporary residence based on the service requirements. All Government Quarters fall under the classification “Scheduled Quarters” or “General Service Quarters”.

Scheduled Quarters- a residence assigned to a particular post or grade within a Ministry or Department
General Service Quarters - Quarters which are allocated for the purpose of fulfilling the housing needs of all the officers who are not serving in posts or grades which are entitled to Scheduled Quarters.

Accordingly, function of the Housing Unit is to carry out the activities relevant to General Service Quarters of the Government.

Matters taken into consideration when allocating Government quarters for public officers

Only the officers who are registered in the waiting list would be considered for the allocation of Government houses.
Government officers who are included in the waiting list should have satisfied following requirements in addition to the provisions in Chapter XIX of the Establishments Code.
Rental for Government quarters is 12.5 % of the occupant's monthly salary.

Maintenance of Government Houses

Maintenance of all the Government houses except the houses allocated for the Hon Ministers /Deputy Ministers is done by the Housing and Development Division of this Ministry.
Maintenance of the government quarters allocated to Hon. Ministers and Deputy Ministers is carried out by the relevant Ministry as per P.A. Circular 27/2010 subjected to the prior approval of this Ministry.

Recovery of possession of Government quarters

It is the responsibility of all the occupants to return the possession of the government quarters in the formal manner along with the relevant clearance reports of water and electricity bills in respect of the period of possession, at the end of the due period.
A legal notice to return the possession of the house shall be issued to an occupant if he fails to return the possession of the house in the formal manner at the end of the due period.
If the occupant does not take action even after the issuance of such legal notice, action shall be taken to evict him/her from the house following a legal action taken under the Recovery of Possession Act No. 07 of 1969.
The occupants who continue to overstay their tenure in the government quarters shall also be subjected to penal rent which shall be a sum equivalent to the current market rent of the quarters as assessed by the Chief Valuer of the Government plus eight percent (8%) of the officer’s salary.

Housing Complex in Galle-Wakunagoda

The construction work of the housing projects in Habaraduwa and Wakunagoda in Galle district, commenced under this project has been completed up to date.
Housing units : 572

Value

Type of Houses	Selling Price (1 Unit)
Type of Houses	For Public Officers	For Private Buyers
Houses constructed at a medium scale cost	Rs. 3,550,000.00	Rs. 3,675,079.00
Houses constructed at a higher cost	Rs. 4,300,000.00	Rs. 4,451,828.00

Housing Complex in Habaraduwa

Housing Complex in Kundasale - Kandy

Housing Complex in Keppetipola

Holiday Bungalows and Resorts under the Ministry of Public Services

Holiday Bungalows under the Ministry of Public Services

For Reservation of Holiday Bungalows in Nuwaraeliya, Diyathalawa and Bandarawela – 0112697316
General Number: 011 2696211 – Extension - 216
Fax: 011 2697299
Reservation of Holiday Resorts are made from the first of every month.

Name of the Holiday Bungalow	Location	Telephone Number	Charges (Rs.)	Number of Rooms	Maximum Occupancy
Nuwaraeliya - Old	Near the economic centre	+94 52 2222363	1,000	03	10
Nuwaraeliya - New (A1)	Near the economic centre	+94 52 2222363	1,000	03	06
Nuwaraeliya - New (A2)	Near the economic centre	+94 52 2222363	1,000	03	06
Nuwaraeliya - New (B)	Near the economic centre	+94 52 2222363	750	02	04
Diyathalawa - A	Near the railway station	+94 57 2229068	1,000	04	11
Diyathalawa - B	Near the railway station	+94 57 2229069	1,000	03	07
Bandarawela - 1	Bindunuwewa Road	+94 57 2222553	1,000	03	07
Bandarawela - 2	Bindunuwewa Road	+94 57 2222553	1,000	03	07

**The rates per day charged in relation to the bookings for holiday bungalows, which are made after 01.06.2018, have been revised

*Conditions apply.

Holiday Resorts under the Ministry of Public Services

For Reservation of Holiday Resorts in Jaffna, Katharagama, Mahiyanganaya, Mihintalaya, Mullaithivu and Polonnaruwa – 011 2697316

	VIP Rooms (Rs.)	Airconditioned Rooms (Rs.)	Non-airconditioned Rooms (Rs.)
Current Prices for General Reservation	6,500	4,500	2,500
Personal trips by Public ServantsOnly for the applications duly filled and produced through the Head of the Department on Reservation of Public Administrative Guest House	4,000	2,000	1,500
Additional charges of 50% effective for the foreiners	9,750	6,750	5,250
To conduct workshops; From 8.00 am to 12.00 noon or 12.00 noon to 4.00 pm (Half day) = Rs 7,500/= Full day from 8.00 am to 4.00pm = Rs.15,000/=

*Conditions apply.

“Nila Piyasa” – Official Quarters Project for Public Officers

This housing project which is proposed to be implemented as one project per every district with the objective of providing accommodation facilities for public officers, is proposed to be completed within five years and it has been planned to complete the construction work of five districts within one year. It has been scheduled to carry out the construction work in the following districts under the first phase.

Project Profile

Monaragala district

Gampaha district

Kandy district

Polonnaruva district

Colombo district

Contact Details

Mrs. P.U.T. Warusawithana
Senior Assistant Secretary

Tel	:	+94 11 2697234 (Ext - 212)
Fax	:	+94 11 2697299
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Mrs. Saptha Lanerolle
Assistant Secretary (Housing and Development)

Tel	:	+94 11 2698606 (Ext - 219)
Fax	:	+94 11 2697299
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Mrs. T.M.M.K. Thennakoon
Deputy Director (Planning)

Tel	:	+94 11 2689123 (Ext - 203)
Fax	:	+94 11 2697229
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Engineering Division

Vacant
Chief Engineer

Tel	:	+94 11 2682459 (Ext - 288)
Fax	:	+94 11 2680907
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Mrs. M.L.G.D. Kumari
Civil Engineer

Tel	:	+94 11 2682459 (Ext - 288)
Fax	:	+94 11 2680907
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