Alvitigalage Padmasiri vs K. L. Anulawathie – CA 323/1997 F -2011

The case between Alvitigalage Padmasiri (Plaintiff-Appellant) and K. L. Anulawathie (Defendant-Respondent) addressed whether the Plaintiff’s plaint, seeking a declaration of title and the ejectment of the Defendant from specified land, disclosed a valid cause of action under Sri Lankan law. The court determined that strict compliance with Section 41 of the Civil Procedure Code—requiring clear description of immovable property by boundaries, metes, and bounds—is mandatory for maintainability of such an action. The court held that the Plaintiff’s plaint, failing to describe the land with sufficient specificity, was fatally defective and could not be cured at the appeal stage. Established precedents, including Gunasekera v. Punchimenike and David v. Gnanawathie, were relied upon to affirm tha