Gurusinge Gunapala and others Vs. Wanniarachchi Kanganange Meraya – 46-47/99 F -2015

The case between Wanniarachchi Kanganange Meraya (Plaintiff/Respondent) and Gurusinghe Gunapala and Kaggoda Arachchi Dharmadasa (Defendants/Appellants) addressed the issue of entitlement to declaration of title and possession for Lot 10 (and subdivisions 10A and 10B) on Plan No. 1245A and related plans. It was held that the plaintiff’s unchallenged chain of title established lawful ownership, and the defendants’ claims of adverse possession under Section 3 of the Prescription Ordinance were unsupported by specific or credible evidence. The principle reaffirmed was that, in rei vindicatio actions, the plaintiff bears the burden to prove title, and the burden for prescriptive title rests on the party claiming it, requiring concrete evidence of adverse, uninterrupted possession. Reliance was