Dinesh, nevertheless, forged ahead with his campaign to save the national heritage and the unitary status of Sri Lanka.

On 5 December 2007, the Government confirmed that Cornwall was one of five councils that would move to unitary status.

Since the mid-1990s, however, many large urban councils have regained their unitary status, effectively returning to the pre-1974 system, although without using the term "county borough".

It regained its unitary status in 1997.

Because of the council's unitary status, all divisions are up for election at once, every four years.

Instead, the case appeared to be limited to what a district can do once it has achieved "unitary" status.

He was integral in procuring unitary status in the lingering 40-year-old desegregation lawsuit against the school board.

The county council became the continuing authority, though the change to unitary status led to the council dropping the word "County" from its title.

It also found that the district had maintained its unitary status and that the neighborhood assignment plan was not designed with discriminatory intent.

The city has therefore failed to attain permanent unitary status.