Kandagamage Karunawathie and Kandaranasinghege Jayalath Wimalasiri v. Divisional Secretary, Ministry of Land and Land Development, Commissioner General of Lands, and Kandagamage Adlin Nona – 481/2011-2015

In the case between Kandagamage Karunawathie, Kandaranasinghege Jayalath Wimalasiri (Petitioners), and the Divisional Secretary, Divisional Secretariat, Bulathsinhala, the Hon. Minister of Land and Land Development, the Secretary, Ministry of Land and Land Development, Commissioner General of Lands, Kandagamage Adlin Nona, and the Hon. Attorney General (Respondents), the core issue addressed was whether the petitioners were entitled to writs of mandamus and prohibition directing the respondents to conduct a further inquiry into the succession of a land permit or to grant a permit under the Land Development Ordinance in favor of the 1st petitioner. The court determined that the original permit holder’s wife—who succeeded to the permit— had officially nominated the 5th respondent as successo