Tillekeratne Banda and Another v. Kalubanda and Another – sllr 1993 volume 1 page 095

In the case between TILLEKERATNE BANDA and Another (Plaintiffs) and KALUBANDA and Another (Defendants), the court addressed whether the District Court had jurisdiction to issue an injunction against a tenant cultivator based on allegations of trespass following the landlord’s initiation of an ejectment action. It was held that the District Court lacked jurisdiction to allow ejection of a tenant cultivator, as such matters, involving allegations of eviction under the Agrarian Services Act, No. 58 of 1979, properly fell within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Commissioner of Agrarian Services. The findings established that labeling the respondent as a trespasser did not transform the dispute into one allowing jurisdiction or amount to unlawful eviction as interpreted under section 5(5) read