Surveyor General of Sri Lanka
Incumbent
W.Sudath.L.C.Perera
since September 2023
Department of Survey
Formation2 August 1800
First holderJoseph Jonville
WebsiteSurvey Department of Sri Lanka

Surveyor General of Sri Lanka is the head of Department of Survey of Sri Lanka. The post was established on 2 August 1800 with the formation of the Surveyor General's Department by a proclamation of Governor Frederick North at Galle. Joseph Jonville was appointed as the Colonial Surveyor General, residing principally in Colombo and receiving orders directly from the government. Under him five principal surveyors were appointed and the land divided among them in the following manner. "One shall superintend the survey from the River of Chilaw to the Calanie Ganga, one from the Calanie Ganga to the River of Galle, one from the River of Galle to the North Easterly extremity of the Mahagampatto: to the Northern extremity of the District of Mulletivoe, and the remaining one from the Northern extremity of the District of Mulletivoe to the River of Chilaw, and shall be thus distinguished, the Surveyor of Negombo, of Colombo, of Matara, of Trincomalee, of Jaffna-Patam." The post of Surveyor General was often combined with that of Civil Engineer and Commissioner of Roads. The department, during the first fifty years, was mainly engaged in the survey of scattered allotments of land for sale to private parties. The first title plan was issued by the new department on 20 August 1800 surveyed by C. Schneider.

The current Surveyor General is A. Dissanayake.

List of Surveyors General

No. Surveyor General Took office Left office
1stJoseph Jonville2 August 18001805
2ndGeorge Atkinson18051811
3rdGualterus Schneider18111833
4thF. B. Norris18331846
5thH. Chims18461854
6thW. D. Gosset18551858
7thCharles Sims18581865
8thA. B. Fyers18661883
9thP. C. H. Clarke18831893
10thG. D. Mantell18941896
11thF. H. Grinlinton18961904
12thPhilip David Warren19041910
13thR. S. Templeton19101915
14thW. C. S. Ingles19151923
15thA. J. Wickwar19231927
16thA. H. G. Dawson19271932
17thG. K. Thornhill19321937
18thL. G. O. Woodhouse19371943
19thR. J. Johnston19431946
20thI. F. Wilson19461951
21stC. B. King19511954
22ndN. S. Perera19541958
23rdV. Rasaretnam19581961
24thJ. L. T. E. Dassenaike19611961
25thS. Karthigesu19611965
26thJ. C. Chanmugam19651966
27thF. H. Gunasekara19661967
28thP. U. Ratnatunga19671968
29thC. T. Goonawardana19681970
30thC. Vanniasingam19701971
31stR. A. Gunawardana19711973
32ndA. M. Cumaraswamy19731973
33rdS. J. Munasinghe19731981
34thS. D. F. C. Nanayakkara19811989
35thS. T. Herat19891991
36thE. M. Perera19911991
37thThamotharam Somasekaram19911992
38thS. Berugoda19921993
39thN. C. Seneviratne19931996
40thM. P. Salgado19961996
41stK. L. A. Ranasinghe Silva19962003
42ndP. A. Ariyaratne20032004
43rdB. J. P. Mendis20042009
44thS. M. W. Fernando20092013
45thKanagaratnam Thavalingam2013March 2014
46thNihal GunawardenaMarch 2014May 2014
47thPalitha Udayakantha30 May 2014March 2019
48thS. M. P. P. SangakkaraMarch 2019February 2020
49thS. D. P. J. DampegamaFebruary 2020February 2020
50thA. L. S. C. PereraFebruary 2020May 2021 May
51stW.T.M.S.B.TennakoonJune 2021November 2021
52stA. DissanayakeDecember 2021December 2022
53ndS. SivanantharajahJanuary 2023August 2023
54thW.Sudath.L.C.PereraSeptember 2023Up to Now

References

  • "History". Department of Survey. Archived from the original on 2014-04-16.
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