Hemadiyage Yasawathi alias Weerasinghe Yasawathi v. Land Commissioner General et al. – CA WRIT/111/2013-2013

In the case between Hemadiyage Yasawathi alias Weerasinghe Yasawathi (Petitioner) and the Land Commissioner General & Others (including the Divisional Secretary, Hon. Attorney General, Weerasinghege Kumaradasa, and the Provincial Land Commissioner, North Central Province), the issue concerned the Petitioner’s entitlement to succession of a parcel of state land under the Land Development Ordinance following the deaths of the original grantee and spouse, and whether legal obligations regarding succession and issuance of legal certification had been satisfied by the Respondents. The court determined that the Petitioner, though nominated on the original permit, failed to claim succession or occupy the land within the statutorily required period, and thus was not entitled to the writs sought. T