Urban Development Authority vs 88th Developers(Pvt) Ltd – SC/APP/112/2021-2024

In the case between the Urban Development Authority of Sri Lanka (with its Chairman and Director General) and 88th Developers (Pvt) Ltd and its Director, M.S.C. Perera, the court addressed the issue of the validity of a Quit Notice issued under the State Lands (Recovery of Possession) Act. The court held that the Court of Appeal erred in quashing the Quit Notice, determining that significant disputes existed regarding the identity and title of the land, and the legal and factual basis for administrative action had been misapplied. This holding reaffirmed the principle that judicial intervention to quash administrative orders is unwarranted where disputes of fact and title remain unresolved. Reliance was placed on statutory requirements for recovery of possession of state land and establish