Ihala Jawara Gedara Hema Malani vs Ms. C.M Karunarathna, Divisional Secretory, Divisional Secretariat, Medirigiriya – CA/WRIT/425/22-2024

In the case between Ihala Jawara Gedara Hema Malani and others (Petitioners) and the Registrar General, Land Commissioner General, Additional Registrar of Title, and other government officials (Respondents), the court addressed whether the nomination of the Petitioner’s mother as the successor to a land grant, endorsed on the permit by a government agent, required separate registration under Section 60 of the Land Development Ordinance for validity. The actions of the Respondents in later altering the recorded successor and naming the 6th Respondent instead of upholding the original nomination were challenged. The court held that a valid nomination, if endorsed on a permit by a government agent before the permit’s issue, requires no additional registration unless cancellation is sought. It