K. L. Udenis Perera vs M.K. Don Wildon Fonseka Abeykoon – CA 246/1998-2013

The case between K. L. Udenis Perera (Plaintiff-Appellant) and M.K. Don Wildon Fonseka Abeykoon, M.K. Don Joseph Fonseka Abeykoon, H. Ceciliyana Peiris, and M.K.S. Fonseka Wijewardena Abeykoone (Defendants-Respondents) addressed the issue of whether land referred to as ‘Kurugahawatta’ (lots 6, 7, and part of 8) constituted a single entity or separate parcels for the purpose of a partition action. It was held that the land did not form a single entity, and the District Court’s dismissal of the Plaintiff’s partition action was affirmed. The principle reaffirmed is that, in partition actions, the entire land must be addressed collectively unless proved otherwise by prescription or title. Reliance was placed on established case law and prior decrees, emphasizing the requirement for substantial