Shehan Calistus Puvinayagam et al. vs The Commissioner General of Agrarian Development et al. – CA WRIT APPLICATION NO.339/2009-2014

In the case between Shehan Calistus Puvinayagam and others (residents of Green Terrace Housing Scheme, Malambe) and the Commissioner General of Agrarian Development and others, the court addressed the issue of whether the Assistant Commissioner of Agrarian Development possessed jurisdiction under Section 90 of the Agrarian Development Act to direct the use of Lot 73 as an access road to adjoining paddy fields, and whether this direction and related proceedings were lawful. It was held that the subdivision and grant of titles for the housing scheme were conditional upon the continued reservation of Lot 73 as access to the neighboring paddy lands, and that the process culminating in the impugned order complied with principles of natural justice and statutory requirements. The principle reaff