Dewapurage Nandadasa Laktilaka v. Weerakkody Saldin Silva – CA- 606/97-2016

In the case between Dewapurage Nandadasa Laktilaka (substituted by Shirai Virantha Laktilaka) and Weerakkody Saldin Silva (substituted by A. Eliyadura Siriyawathi Silva and others), the court addressed the issue of whether the District Court of Kalutara possessed jurisdiction to entertain the plaintiff’s action under Section 39(2) of the Debt Conciliation Ordinance No. 39 of 1941 and the entitlement of the plaintiff to reconveyance and recovery of property following an order by the Debt Conciliation Board. It was held that the District Court had proper jurisdiction to adjudicate the matter and that the plaintiff’s action was validly instituted under Section 39(2)(a), with any order for reconveyance to remain conditional upon payment complying with statutory requirements. The principle reaf