Herath Mudiyanselage Lionel Bandara Rathnayaka and others vs Vithana Arachchilage Rupawathie Halimulle Watta Yakkennehera Metiyagane – CA NO.656/98-2014

In the case between Vithana Arachchilage Rupawathie Halimulle Watta Yakkennehera Metiyagane (Defendant-Appellant) and Herath Mudiyanselage Lionel Bandara Rathnayaka and others (Plaintiff-Respondents), the court addressed whether an action in ejectment could be maintained without expressly terminating the defendant’s alleged licensee status and whether the identification of the land in dispute was legally adequate for granting relief. It was held that the defendant’s licensee status was not operative since the parties proceeded at trial on the basis of trespass, and the disputed land was sufficiently identified by boundaries and uncontested knowledge of both parties, despite the absence of a map or sketch. The legal principle reaffirmed is that requirements for identification are met when t