Henake Ralalage Jayasinghe vs Henake Ralalage Gunasekara – CA APPLICATION NO.847/97F-2016

In the case between Henake Ralalage Gunasekara (Plaintiff-Respondent) and Henake Ralalage Jayasinghe (1st Defendant-Appellant), the court addressed the validity of title and the right to ejectment under a state land grant, specifically examining whether the plaintiff, as nominee, held good title, and whether two land parcels could be properly joined in one action. The findings established that statutory provisions under the Civil Procedure Code authorized such joinder and that state land granted under the Land Development Ordinance cannot be claimed by prescription against the Crown. Reliance was placed on Sections 36, 37 of the Civil Procedure Code and Section 161 of the Land Development Ordinance, reinforcing the bar on obtaining prescriptive title over state grant lands and confirming t