Ravindra Kahanda Kumara Weragama v. M.A.S. Weerasinghe – CA 317/2016-2016

In the case between Ravindra Kahanda Kumara Weragama (Petitioner) and M.A.S. Weerasinghe, Commissioner General of Agrarian Development (Respondent), the court addressed whether the Commissioner General had authority to impose conditions following the declaration of land as “non-paddy land” under the Agrarian Services Act. It was held that the Commissioner General’s powers, grounded in Sections 28 and 29 of the Agrarian Services Act, extend to both paddy and non-paddy agricultural lands, thereby permitting imposition of such conditions. The application for a writ of certiorari was refused, and no notices were issued to the respondent. This decision highlights the continuing supervisory mandate of the Commissioner General over agricultural land post-reclassification.

Vijith K. Malalgoda, PC