Kalamba Arachchige Pedoris vs Madawala Wattage Benjamin – CA 957/96-2012

In the case between Madawala Wattage Benjamin (Plaintiff-Respondent) and Kalamba Arachchige Pedoris (Defendant-Appellant) along with Kalamba Ararchchige Martin and others, the court examined the central issue of whether the land shown in the partition plan as “Kanapatymulle Kumbura Pitakattiya and Nagahapaliya” constituted a distinct lot or merely formed a part of a larger land plot (lot 103, Village Plan No. 82). It was determined that the land identified for partition was not a portion of a larger property but an independent unit. The findings established that translation of traditional Sinhala land measurement and area is not uniform, and evidence did not support the claim that the surveyed plot was only a part of a larger tract. The partition as ordered by the District Court was affirm