H.Don , Nimalasena Perera and others Vs. Nawagamuwage Chitra Iranganie Mallika – CA 1199/96-1996

In the case between H. Don Dilup Chandranimal Kumara Perera (Substituted Plaintiff-Appellant, in place of H. Don Nimalasena Perera) and Nawagamuwage Chitra Iranganie Mallika of Rerukana temple, Bandaragama, and others (Defendant-Respondents), the court addressed the entitlement to a declaration of title and ejectment in relation to contested land. The issue concerned whether the plaintiff could establish title through purchase and prescriptive possession, or whether the defendants possessed a lawful claim by inheritance, deed, or prescriptive rights. The holding determined that important legal principles involving transfer of undivided shares, the effect of double conveyancing by heirs, and the application of the doctrines of ouster and prescription were misapplied at the original trial. T