Kerawalamullage Simon Appu vs Kudagamage Amarias Appuhamy – CA 1338/99F-2013

In Kudagamage Amarias Appuhamy v. Kerawalamullage Simon Appu, the dispute centered on the ownership of “lot B” of Aluthgodawatta alias Aluthwala, and whether the defendant’s claim to prescriptive title against the plaintiff’s asserted ownership was tenable. The findings established that the plaintiff was the owner of the property, and the defendant, who was in occupation as a tenant cultivator, had failed to establish a valid claim by prescription. The evidence demonstrated that the defendant was recognized as a tenant cultivator under an order by the Agricultural Tribunal, with no sufficient grounds for a prescriptive claim. The decisions relied on established legal principles of ownership and prescription, reiterating that continuous occupation as a tenant cultivator does not constitute