Officer In Charge, Police Station, Mawarala vs. Atapattu Madugodage Karunapala – CA PHC 125/2004-2015

In the case between Officer In Charge, Police Station, Mawarala and Atapattu Madugodage Karunapala with Atapattu Madugodage Somapala, the court addressed whether the Primary Court’s interim order to maintain the existing land boundary, pending resolution by a competent court, should be revised. It was determined that, in the absence of exceptional circumstances, revisionary intervention was not warranted and that the dispute over the land boundary was a matter for the appropriate civil forum. The decision reaffirmed the principle that provisional measures by the Primary Court under section 66(1)(a) of the Primary Court Act, aimed at maintaining public peace, should not be interfered with unless compelling reasons are demonstrated. This outcome emphasized the court’s reluctance to disturb i