S.S.B.D.G.Jayawardene vs K.N.Deen – CA PHC 149/2014-2014

In the case between S.S.B.D.G. Jayawardene, Chairman, Tea Research Institute, Talawakele (Appellant), and K.N.Deen, Chairman, Texland Fashions Lanka (Private) Limited (Respondent), the principal issue was whether the Appellant was entitled, under the State Land (Recovery of Possession) Act No. 7 of 1979, to eject the Respondent from state land. The matter also considered compliance with statutory notice requirements and whether the High Court possessed revisionary jurisdiction in relation to state land matters under Article 154P(3)(b) of the Constitution. It was determined that statutory notice requirements had been satisfied, and that the Appellant was entitled to recovery of possession of the land under the Act, notwithstanding claims based on a previously held lease. The decision furthe