Nadarajah Nayagam Vs. R. N. C. M. Herath and Others – CA WRIT/0316/2019-2019

In the case between Nadarajah Nayagam (Petitioner) and R. N. C. M. Herath (Land Commissioner-General) with related Respondents, the court addressed the entitlement of the Petitioner to writs of Mandamus and Prohibition under the Land Development Ordinance, specifically regarding the issuance of a land permit for certain lots and the prohibition of their grant to any party other than the Petitioner. It was determined that there was no evidence of a permit or grant issued in favor of the purported predecessor, Mrs. Thangaratnam Sittampalam, rendering section 72 of the Land Development Ordinance, pertaining to succession rights, inapplicable. The Petitioner also failed to establish legal heirship to the lands in question. The decision reaffirmed the principle that entitlement to state land an