The Galle Municipal Council is the local council for Galle , the capital city of Southern Province of Sri Lanka , the third level administrative division of the country. The council was established under the Municipalities Ordinance of 1865 as the third municipal council of Sri Lanka. Wijeyananda Dahanayake was the first elected mayor of the city, who was appointed in 1939. He later went on to become the fifth Prime Minister of Ceylon . The current mayor of Galle is Priyantha Godagama Sahabandu.
7-406: The Galle Four Gravets is 18.7 km (7.2 sq mi) in area. The average elevation above sea level is 15 m (49 ft). Galle Municipal Council is divided into 50 Grama Niladhari Divisions (GN Divisions), with seven villages. The current population of Galle Four Gravets area, according to 2011 Census, is 101,159, a decline from the population of 103,246 in 2001. The Mayor of Galle
14-513: A certificate of residence and character on behalf of residents when requested by them. They may arrest individuals if sworn in as a Peace Officer . Establish and co-ordinate administrative policies and procedures for required community members and officials of the divisional secretariats. The post of Grama Sevaka (village servant) was created in May 1963 as part of the public administration reforms carried out by Minister Felix Dias Bandaranaike in
21-505: Is a Sri Lankan public official appointed by the central government by the act No.2 of 1993. Grama Niladhari (GN) are entrusted with multifaceted duties and responsibilities under as 46 legislative enactments of Sri Lanka. His functions are to carry out administrative duties in a grama niladhari division, which is a sub-unit of a divisional secretariat . They come under the Grama Niladhari Division under
28-606: Is divided into 15 wards and is represented by 35 councillors, elected using an open list proportional representation system . Results of the local government election held on 8 February 2018: Results of the local government election held on 8 October 2011: The Galle Municipal Council has five standing committees each headed by committee chairman. The standing committees are Finance and Tender, Works and Solid Waste, Health and Sanitisation, Electricity and Water, and Environment. Grama Niladhari Grama Niladhari (English: village leader , Sinhala : ග්රාම නිලධාරී )
35-536: Is the head of Galle Municipal Council and his office is located at the Galle Town Hall. The current mayor is Priyantha Godagama Sahabandu , who was elected into office, subsequent to the 2018 Sri Lankan local elections , in a secret ballot held on 23 March 2018. Sahabandu was elected to the position of mayor obtaining 20 votes to 11 over his rival candidate, Jilith Nishantha of the UNP . The Galle Municipal Council
42-636: The Sirimavo Bandaranaike government, which replaced the post of village headman ( Vidane ) which dated back to the British the colonial era. All serving village headman were re-designated as Grama Sevakas under the Village Headmen (Change of Designation) Act, No. 6 of 1964 . The designation modeled on that of public servant was later changed to grama niladhari which translated to village leader . A notable example
49-567: The Home Affairs Division of the Ministry of Home Affairs . There are 14,015 grama niladhari divisions under 331 divisional secretary’s division in the island. The duties of a grama niladhari include the reporting of issuing of permits, gathering statistics, maintaining the voter registry and keeping the peace by settlement of personal disputes. They are responsible for keeping track of criminal activity in their area and issuing
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