Ganthile Herath Mudiyanselage Ariyarathna v Udakumbura Rajamanthrige Jayathissa, et al. – CA PHC 60/2010-2018

In the case between Ganthile Herath Mudiyanselage Ariyarathna (Appellant/1st Respondent-Petitioner) and Udakumbura Rajamanthrige Jayathissa, Udakumbura Rajamanthrige Senaka Rajamanthri, and others (Respondents), the court addressed whether the Provincial High Court of the Central Province correctly exercised its revisionary jurisdiction by declining to intervene in the Primary Court’s order concerning a land dispute. It was held that the inquiry conducted by the Primary Court, proceeding on affidavits and documentation with no oral evidence, was consistent with the procedure prescribed under Section 72 of the Primary Court Procedure Act. The court further determined that the parties’ prior consent to the mode of inquiry and to judicial inspection precluded any subsequent challenge on proce