Sheela Hapugoda and Others v. Ariyadasa Wickrema Seneviratne and Others – CA PHC 125/2008-2008

In the case between Sheela Hapugoda and Lalitha Nanayakkara (1st and 6th Respondent-Petitioner-Appellants) and Ariyadasa Wickrema Seneviratne, Janaka Asanka Wickrema Seneviratne, Public Trustee, Karunapala Nanayakkara, and the Officer In Charge, Police Station, Wanduramba (Respondent-Respondent-Respondents and Plaintiff-Respondent-Respondent), the court addressed the issue of whether the High Court correctly dismissed the revision application challenging the Magistrate’s order under Section 68 of the Primary Court Procedure Act regarding possession of property. It was determined that the Magistrate acted within statutory authority by granting possession to the party in occupation during the two months preceding the Section 66 report, and the High Court’s affirmation of that decision was up