The Court of Appeal yesterday (12) fixed for September 14 to hear the writ petition filed seeking an interim order to suspend any intended construction of reservoirs and roads and clearing of the state forest lands in the Sinharaja Forest Reserve.  

Court of Appeal two-Judge-bench comprising Justice Sobhitha Rajakaruna and Justice Dhammika Ganepola fixed the petition for support on September 14.  

The Centre for Environmental Justice (CEJ) and its Executive Director Director Hemantha Withanage filed this petition naming Conservator General of Forests, Central Environmental Authority, Minister of Environment, Minister of Wild Life and Forest Conservation, Minister of Irrigation and  the Attorney General as respondents.