Gamaralalage Tikiri Banda Jayaratne vs. Gamaralalage Kirimanika et al. – CA NO. 943/96 F -1996

In the case between Gamaralalage Tikiri Banda Jayaratne (Plaintiff) and Gamaralalage Kirimanika and Others including the Land Reform Commission (Defendants), the court examined whether the subject lands—Ratmalgahakumbura, Rukkgahamulawatta, Buluwagawahena—were subject to partition or had instead vested in the Land Reform Commission under the Land Reform Law, and whether the Land Reform Commission acquired prescriptive title by adverse possession. It was determined that the Land Reform Commission had neither proven statutory vesting of title nor prescriptive acquisition, and that the District Court had misdirected itself on the available evidence, notably failing to address deficiencies in the proof of possession and vesting. The findings established that due to the absence of crucial evide