Thumpele Gedara Don Antony Wijeratne vs. U.P. Indika Anuruddha Piyadasa et al. – CA WRIT/383/2014-2014

In the case between Thumpele Gedara Don Antony Wijeratne (Petitioner) and V.P. Indika Anuruddha Piyadasa (The Divisional Secretary, Udapalatha, Gampola) and others (Respondents), the court addressed the legality of evicting the Petitioner from a parcel of state land he had occupied for approximately two decades. The issues considered were whether the Petitioner was entitled to a writ of Certiorari to quash the quit notice issued for his eviction, whether further action under the quit notice could be prohibited, and whether a Mandamus should issue compelling the grant of a long-term lease for the entire land (excluding the road reservation) based on legitimate expectation. It was held that the evidence established a clear, legitimate expectation for the Petitioner to be granted the land, re