Kurukulasuriya Patabendige Gerhard Irukshantha De Silva Adityadeva vs. Ishanthi Buddhinie Gunasekera Divisional Secretary, Panadura. – CA WRIT 0385/2019-2022

In the case between Kurukulasuriya Patabendige Gerhard Irukshantha De Silva and Adityadeva Iroshanie Erangika De Silva (Petitioners) and Ishanthi Buddhinie Gunasekera, Divisional Secretary, Panadura, and the Hon Attorney General, Attorney General’s Department (Respondents), the primary issue concerned entitlement to disputed land identified in conflicting survey plans (P-10 and P-12). The court considered the propriety of a Quit Notice served by the competent authority under the State Lands (Recovery of Possession) Act and the appropriateness of judicial intervention through a Writ of Certiorari despite the existence of alternative remedies and factual disputes on possession. It was held that the procedures followed by the 1st Respondent complied with statutory requirements, and that the W