Hewa Kdawadduwage Jinendralndrasoma and others Vs. Land Reform Commission and others – CA WRIT/267/2014-2014

In the case between Hewa Kdawadduwage Jinendralndrasoma and others (petitioners) and the Land Reform Commission and others (respondents), the court addressed whether the Land Reform Commission (LRC) was legally obligated to convey and transfer title of land blocks allocated to petitioners, selected villagers of the “China-Sri Lanka Friendship Agricultural Village,” at the 2003 market value as promised. It was determined that the LRC possessed statutory authority under the Land Reform Law No. 1 of 1972 to effect such transfers, and that its delay and failure to do so—after making representations and obtaining compliance and payment from petitioners—constituted unreasonableness warranting judicial intervention. The principle of legitimate expectation was reaffirmed, holding that administrati