Naranpanawa Gedera Karunadasa vs Helle Liyanaarachichige Don Lambert Seneviratne – CA 562/98-2013

In the case between Helle Liyanaarachichige Don Lambert Seneviratne (‘Ruwan’ Stores, Plaintiff-Respondent) and Naranpanawa Gedera Karunadasa and Naranpanawe Gedera Gunawathie (Defendant-Appellants), the court addressed entitlement to a declaration of title over land described in schedule B to the plaint, the identification of boundaries relating to the property conveyed by deed No. 1125 dated 14 December 1981, and the defense of prescription under section 10 of the Prescription Ordinance. It was established that the Plaintiff-Respondent’s title to 3 acres was sufficiently defined by the deed despite the absence of a survey plan, and that the action was not prescribed as it was instituted within the prescribed period and the plea of prescription was not properly raised at trial. The court r