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

Matters taken into consideration when allocating Government quarters for public officers

1. Only the officers who are registered in the waiting list would be considered for the allocation of Government houses.
2. 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.
3. 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

Housing Complex in Habaraduwa

• Housing Units : 576

Value

Housing Complex in Kundasale - Kandy

• It has been proposed to construct 576 housing units

Summit Flats, Keppetipola Mawatha, Colombo 05

Official Quarters at the Summit Flats at Keppetipola Mawatha Colombo 5, which are under the Ministry in charge of the subject of Public Administration, are allocated under the provisions of the P.A. Circular No. for the occupation of the public officers in Executive category, who satisfy the following qualifications.

Basic Qualifications :

1. Being a public officer as defined in the Constitution. Further, the said public officer shall be a public officer in active service holding an Executive Grade post as per Public Administration Circular 03/2016 (Salary Revisions) dated 25.02.2016.
2. Working at a service station within Colombo district.
3. The air fly distance from the place of work to the permanent place of residence (as per the particulars of voters’ registration) measured using Google map should be more than 20 km.
4. Applicant or spouse of the applicant should not have occupied government Summit Flats at any previous occasion.
5. Non-existence of official quarters reserved in the name of the applicant or the spouse of the applicant as at the date of applying.
6. When both the applicant and the spouse of the applicant are public officers, only one person can apply for quarters.
7. The department or ministry to which the workplace of the applicant belongs should not have government official housing scheme projects.

Application - 2024

List of marks allocated temporarily to applicants of the official quarters - 2024

List of names of the applicants, who are to be entitled to official quarters in year 2024

Monaragala district

The contract relevant to the construction of a building related to this official quarters project has been awarded to the Central Engineering Consultancy Bureau and the consultancy service provider is the Engineering Service - Uva Provincial Council.

Proposed number of housing units - 32

Gampaha district

The contract relevant to the construction of a building related to this official quarters project has been awarded to the Central Engineering Services (Pvt.) Ltd. and the consultancy service provider is the Engineering Service - Western Provincial Council.

Proposed number of housing units - 32

Kandy district

The designing work for the construction of a building related to this official quarters project is being carried out and the relevant consultancy services are provided by the Department of Building- Central Province.

Proposed number of housing units - 8

Polonnaruva district

The designing work for the construction of a building related to this official quarters project is being carried out and the relevant consultancy services are provided by the Moratuwa University.

Proposed number of housing units - 32

Colombo district

The total value of this project which has been commenced with the objective of providing housing facilities for the officers in Special Grade of All Island Services of the public service, is Rs.981 million and the consultancy service provider of this project is the Moratuwa University.

Proposed number of housing units - 40