Pallage Indrasiri v. Hon Attorney General and Rannulu Chandrasiri De Soyza – CA PHC/175/2008-2016

In the case between Pallage Indrasiri (Respondent Petitioner Appellant) and the Hon. Attorney General, Attorney General’s Department, Colombo 12 (1st Respondent) and Rannulu Chandrasiri De Soyza, Divisional Secretary, Elpitiya (2nd Respondent/Complainant), the court addressed the issue of whether strict compliance with the prescribed forms under the State Land (Recovery of Possession) Act No. 07 of 1979 is required, specifically relating to the issuance and certification of quit notices, applications, and affidavits for ejectment from state land. It was held that objection to proceedings on the ground that certified/typewritten copies of forms did not reflect the handwritten deletion of inapplicable words, when the originals had been duly amended and authenticated, could not invalidate the