R.M. Piyasiri and another vs R.M. Ratnaweera and eight others – CA REVISION 1251/2006-2012

In the case between R.M. Piyasiri and another and R.M. Ratnaweera and others, the court addressed the issue of whether the District Judge’s order—directing the Fiscal to deliver possession of a disputed roadway as demarcated by a Government Surveyor—should be set aside. The dispute focused on whether the roadway was correctly identified as passing through lot No. 73 rather than lot No. 72, as claimed by the plaintiffs, amidst previous settlement agreements reached in both the District and Provincial High Courts. It was determined that the plaintiffs had participated in and then obstructed the execution of these settlements, with the court holding that the application for revision constituted an abuse of process. The underlying legal principle reaffirmed was that parties who initiate and pa