Pettagan Jinadasa vs. Obinamuni Methsiri de Silva et al. – CA NO. 855/97 F -2016

In the case between Pettagan Jinadasa alias Pettagan Janadasa (later substituted by Pettagan Deepika) and Obinamuni Methsiri de Silva, Kirahandi Adlin Nona (deceased), Obinamuni Indralatha, and others, the issue concerned the partition of Lot 6B of Siddahandiwatta. The primary legal question focused on the correct identification of the corpus—whether the property should be designated according to Preliminary Plan No. 1365 or Surveyor General’s Plan No. 90/541. The first defendant-appellant challenged the validity and accuracy of the plan used by the trial court. It was held that Plan No. 1365 correctly represented the property for partition, and the appeal was dismissed, reaffirming that the plan corresponding with the title deeds and accepted evidence must govern partition proceedings. Re