Jayaweera Bandara vs Weerasinghe – sllr 1983 volume 2 page 205

Brief
In the case between Jayaweera Bandara (landlord) and Weerasinghe (tenant), the court addressed the issue of whether a landlord is entitled to obtain a writ of eviction after alternate accommodation has been notified by the Commissioner of National Housing, in circumstances where the tenant refused such alternate accommodation. It was held that, upon the tenant’s rejection of the notified alternate accommodation, the landlord was entitled to the issuance of a writ of eviction, as the statutory requirements under section 22(1C) of the Rent Acts had been satisfied. This decision reaffirmed the principle that a party cannot rely on self-created disability to contest a statutory process, and clarified the effect of tenant conduct on the execution of landlord remedies. The reasoning drew u