Weerasekara Mudiyanselage Gedara Sanjeewa Bandara Abeykoon vs K.D. Bandula Javasinghe, The Land Commissioner General, – CA/WRT/085-23-2024

In the case between Weerasekara Mudiyanselage Gedara Sanjeewa Bandara Abeykoon (Plaintiff) and K.D. Bandula Javasinghe (Land Commissioner General) with officials from the Land Commissioner’s Department (Defendants/Respondents), the court addressed the validity of title granted under the Land Development Ordinance following the nomination of successors by the petitioner’s late father. The issue was whether administrative actions, particularly the cancellation of the petitioner’s title and subsequent issuance to a nominated successor, complied with statutory provisions governing succession rights and land title transfers. It was held that the procedures adopted by the respondents—culminating in cancellation of the petitioner’s title and issuance of title to the 7th Respondent—were legally ju