Officer in Charge, Minor Offences Complaints Unit, Police Station, Ratnapura vs Galthotage Sirineris – CASE NO. 62/2005-2015

In the case between Bandula Kankanamlage Channa Thushara Douglas (2nd Party-Petitioner-Appellant) and Galthotage Sirineris (1st Party-Respondent-Respondent), the court addressed whether the High Court of Ratnapura erred in upholding the Primary Court’s order that affirmed a right of way in favor of the 1st Respondent, while dismissing possession claims by the appellant and the intervenient party over Railway Department land. It was held that the appellate challenge failed, since the appellant did not properly seek to set aside the foundational Primary Court order, and no legal or factual error was found in the High Court’s reasoning. The principle reaffirmed is that parties seeking appellate relief must specifically challenge and include within their prayers for relief orders of the lower