Officer in Charge, Police Station, Inginiyagala vs. J.K.A. Jayawickrama Wilson and H.H. Githawathie Violet – CA PHC 51/2015-2022

In the case involving the Officer in Charge, Inginiyagala Police Station (complainants/State) and parties identified as the 1st Party and 2nd Party relating to a dispute over state reservation land, the court addressed the validity of prior orders and the appropriate exercise of revisionary jurisdiction under the Primary Courts’ Procedure Act. The sequence of events commenced with an information filed under Section 66, followed by an inquiry and settlement order in 1998, and a series of subsequent judicial orders and appeals between the Magistrate’s Court, High Court, and appellate authority. The core legal issue focused on the legitimacy and timely adjudication of possession rights to state reservation land amid procedural challenges. It was held that there was no basis to interfere with