D.J.B. Silva and Mrs. W.E.S. De Silva v. Commissioner of National Housing et al. – CA APPLICATION NO. 214/2009-2015

In the case between D.J.B. Silva and Mrs. W.E.S. De Silva (petitioners) and 1. Commissioner of National Housing, Hema Wijesekara, R.W.M.S.B. Rajapakse, V.G. Karunasena (Board of Valuation members), Mrs. W.A. Ratnayake (statutory tenant), and the Hon. Minister of Housing and Common Amenities (respondents), the court addressed whether the Board of Valuation had correctly computed compensation for vested property based on the date of the original vesting notification (1985) or whether compensation should be based on the corrected vesting date following Supreme Court proceedings. The court also considered the legal validity of the extent of property vested. It was held that only the house and the reasonably appurtenant land, totaling 21.26 perches, were validly vested, not the entire original