Govt. agrees to pay suspended salaries of govt. surveyors

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Attorney General has informed the Supreme Court that the government is prepared to pay the salaries of government surveyors, subject to
conditions
Association.Appearing on behalf of the Attorney General, Deputy Solicitor General Kanishka de Silva informed this to the court when a
Fundamental Rights (FR) petition filed by the government surveyors was taken up for hearing.The petition was taken up before a three-member
Supreme Court judge bench consisting of Justices Preethi Padman Surasena, Yasantha Kodagoda and Priyantha Fernando on Tuesday (03).The
Deputy Solicitor General stated that the petitioning surveyors have refused to sign off on the government projects and that the government
Saliya Peiris mentioned that the petitioners are ready to sign the relevant projects, only if the government is ready to suspend the
He further requested the court for a date to confirm the facts related to this petition.Accordingly, the Supreme Court judge bench ordered